Use the difficulties - if you can't avoid them Michael Caine More Quotes by Michael Caine More Quotes From Michael Caine You've got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead. Michael Caine planningactingdirectors When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake. Michael Caine cakecuttingbelieve I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year, I was doing 40 or 50 characters. Michael Caine playcharacteryears Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons. Michael Caine stupidsillyfunny I've always played very human sort of characters. Michael Caine humanscharacter The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years. Michael Caine theatreguyyears At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I'm Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim. Michael Caine motherfatherschool But the whole point of the Sixties was that you had to take people as they were. If you came in with us you left your class, and colour, and religion behind, that was what the Sixties was all about. Michael Caine colourclasspeople How can I change me to suit the script? Michael Caine suitsscripts The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years. Michael Caine drunkactorsyears When I look in the mirror, I see someone who's happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I've had success as I've gotten older, because I'm able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part. Michael Caine girlmirrorscharacter You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident. Michael Caine littlesfunmight As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don't have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it's a nightmare. So, I like film - nice short takes. Michael Caine cuttingniceattitude You don't retire from the movies. The movies retire you. Michael Caine retiring I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen. Michael Caine knackfunpeople I've done a lot of radio in my life. I've done radio plays for the BBC when I was young so I was absolutely used to that style of work, of working with the voice. I have a very distinctive voice so it's always great for me because I open my mouth and everybody knows who it is. Michael Caine voicedonemouths I'm hoping there's an afterlife. As you get older, you hope even more fervently. Michael Caine afterlife It's funny, people ask me, 'What would you consider the most romantic track on your record Mr Caine?' And I say 'Swollen' by Bent, and they say 'I think he's off his rocker!' Michael Caine trackpeoplethinking I'd like it to be remembered as you had some fun. We're only here [living] for some fun. I think if you learn something, all well and good, but we're only here to give you some fun. Along the way, you may find out something. Michael Caine fungivingthinking 80 percent of any gang is not there to attack someone. They're there so no one will attack them. Michael Caine percentgang
