The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre... by Michael Caine

The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.

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The greatest luxury is not driving. I didn't own a car until I was 30, and that was a Rolls-Royce, so it was cheaper to insure a chauffeur. I never want to drive again. My mind is always on other things. I hate parking, and I'm very short-tempered and would get road rage, I'm sure.

luxury car hate

I see myself as 38, but you don't notice it. by Michael Caine

I see myself as 38, but you don't notice it.

Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so... by Michael Caine

Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.

comedy actors writing

A lot of my best parts I've been the second choice for, so you never get too egotistical about anything.

second-choice egotistical choices

There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.

wife stuff wonderful

Obsession is a young man’s game. by Michael Caine

Obsession is a young man’s game.

obsession games men

I love the start of autumn when the trees in my garden change the colour of their leaves in one last dazzling display.

autumn garden tree

There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.

hate two people

I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren't funny.

laughter laughing people

No matter what the reason, if you start to scream and shout, you look a fool, and you feel a fool, and you earn the disrespect of everyone.

disrespect acting looks

Not only is acting more than a part-time job, it's more than a full-time job. It's a full-time obsession.

obsession acting jobs

Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The first part is called the Pledge. The magician shows you something ordinary. The second act is called the Turn. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it into something extraordinary. But you wouldn't clap yet, because making something disappear isn't enough. You have to bring it back.

magic three ordinary

And to Tom Cruise, for if you had won this, your asking price would have gone down so fast. Do you have any idea what supporting actors get paid? We get only one trailer, a small one, in the back.

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The trouble with women? Elbows. by Michael Caine

The trouble with women? Elbows.

women elbows trouble

The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought: "That'... by Michael Caine

The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought: "That's what I want to do."

saws actors want

This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you've got. by Michael Caine

This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you've got.

larry enjoy meaningful

Youre only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! by Michael Caine

Youre only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!

radio-news blow doors

It's vital to have your own space so you aren't constantly in eac... by Michael Caine

It's vital to have your own space so you aren't constantly in each other's pockets.

pockets space relationship

Don't sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.

bursting communication should

You must always steal, but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or Robert DeNiro or Meryl Streep do something stunningly effective, and you can analyze how he or she did it, then pinch it. Because you can be sure that they stole it in the first place.

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