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Michael Caine is a renowned British actor, born on March 14, 1933. He has made significant contributions to film, television, and theater, known for his unique acting style and versatile character portrayals.

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“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!'”

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“People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn't for diamond rings or kidney shaped swimming pools in Beverly Hills, it was in order to improve the lot of everyone around me.”

People Film Order Rings Hills Swimming Pool Diamond Kidneys Swimming Pool Beverly Hills Diamond Rings

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“I was in Korea. I've noticed all my life I see elderly people who have been close to death in an illness and they're absolutely cured and they say, now I know how to live my life. I've seen death. That happened to me when I was 19. It was a terrible, terrifying thing. And I live my life like those people decided to do when they were old. So, since I was 19, I've had the most fun possible every single day, even when I had a rough life. It was the army which taught me about life, and the theater which taught me how good it could be.”

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“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.”

People Realizing Opinion Percent Protection Gang Eighty Attacking

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“I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“I'm always slightly envious of people who become extremely rich without anyone knowing who the hell they are, like financiers.”

People Hell Knowing Rich Envious Financiers

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“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.”

People Ifs Whole Left Behinds Class Colour Sixty

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“I don't do it often, but I do cry. I also laugh a lot; people tell me I'm funny and I do like to laugh.”

People Laughing Cry

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“I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen.”

People Play Interesting Screens

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“For me, the performance was always playing different people. And so when I got older, was no longer the romantic leading movie star, it became more and more interesting for me, the characters I played, you know?”

People Knows Different Character Stars Interesting Performances Movie Star Different Peoples

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“A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I'll tell you exactly where I'm going.”

People Thinking Knows Said Who I Am

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“I never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.”

People Giving Should Said Advice

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“The Quiet American is anti the people who took them into the Vietnam War.”

People War Quiet Vietnam Vietnam War

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“In real life, I'm afraid of heights - and people who get moral convictions... Adolf Hitler in London.”

People Real Moral Conviction London Real Life Height

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“I am in so many movies that are on TV at 2:00 a.m. that people think I am dead.”

People Thinking Actors Tvs Movie

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“I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.”

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“The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would be a villain or a comic cipher, usually badly played, and with a rotten accent. There weren't a lot of guys in England for me to look up to.”

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

People Ifs Stories Enjoy Laughing Laughter Jokes Praise Tricks Making People Laugh

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

People World Two Hate Culture This World I Hate Two Things Dutch Things I Hate

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“The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly - because if they don't speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them.”

People Ifs Humans Enough Speak Powerful Human Nature Communication Subservient

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“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.”

People Ifs Firsts Looks Acting Tricks Stealing Worthwhile

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About the Author

Born: March 14, 1933
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 266

Books & Sources

Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie MakingRelated source material

The Elephant to HollywoodRelated source material

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