When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors' characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best. Michael Caine More Quotes by Michael Caine More Quotes From Michael Caine My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work. Michael Caine retired scripts ifs January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out. Michael Caine garbage-cans oscars america If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking. Michael Caine oscars schedules thinking I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point. Michael Caine talent actors motivational What a lot of people dont realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone. Michael Caine realizing opinion people Just because I have made a point of never losing my accent it doesn't mean I'm an eel-and-pie yob. Michael Caine pie class mean I didn't want to come in the movie every so often, every 20 minutes saying, 'Dinner is served, would you like coffee?' Michael Caine dinner coffee want I was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite. Imagine signing that autograph! You'd get a broken arm. So I changed my name to Michael Caine after Humphrey Bogart's 'The Caine Mutiny,' which was playing in the theater across from the telephone booth where I learned that I'd gotten my first TV job. Michael Caine broken names jobs Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America. Michael Caine titles stars america My career is going better now than when I was younger. Now I get the part. Back then, I'd get the girl. Michael Caine better-now careers girl My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, 'How much is that?' Michael Caine film pounds said I've got a lot of back-up because my father was a Catholic, my mother was a Protestant, I was educated by Jews and I'm married to a Muslim. So I won't lose out on a technicality. Michael Caine catholic mother father You're never too old to be crazy. Michael Caine mental-illness crazy depression I had an extraordinary belief in myself. For years people told me to give it up and even though I was poverty- stricken, I never thought I should give it up. Michael Caine giving people years Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which played pop songs, or the pirate radio boats off the coast. Michael Caine pirate growing-up song If someone is very upper-class, you have a stereotype of him which is probably true. If someone has a working-class accent, you have no idea who you're talking to. Michael Caine class talking ideas One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow. Michael Caine cockneys speed speak To me, 'Educating Rita' is the most perfect performance I could give of a character who was as far away from me as you could possibly get and of all the films I have ever been in, I think it may be the one I am most proud of. Michael Caine giving character thinking You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I often notice is that the actor is looking for his mark, the place where he has to stand to be in the right place in the shot. Michael Caine actors acting looks I usually control the environment I'm in, but my control is very quiet and subtle. Michael Caine subtle environment quiet
