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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.
Michael Caine
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Michael Caine
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
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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.
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I'm trying to work only with established, respected directors. I took a lot of bad scripts and worked for a lot of lazy directors, and it was discouraging to go to the screenings and see that the director had added nothing, the editor had added nothing, there was nothing to see.
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I never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.
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I was so poor for so long that I didn't use anything. I didn't drive cars, I didn't eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I've been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven't caught up with my youth.
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I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
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I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor.
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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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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 admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.
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I need a challenge 'cause I don't get the girl anymore.
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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you've had a life like mine, you have to.
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Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and I happen to like the company!
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I don't think human beings are bad. They're weak. And that's what makes 'em bad.
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If you're a movie star, you get the girl, you lose the girl, and then you get her back. But if you're a character like me, you lose the girl, then you get another one, then you get another one, then you lose them all, then you lose your life.
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Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
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I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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