Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine, CBE was born Maurice Joseph Micklewaite near Elephant and Castle in South London. His first major starring roles, beginning in the 1960s, include 'Zulu,' 'The Ipcress File,' and 'Alfie.' He is a major Hollywood film star and two-time Academy Award winner with a career spanning over sixty years.
“Actually, I'm really quite vain about the whole problem because I figure there is no competition - I am what I am, and either I am needed as that or I'm not suitable anyway.”
Michael Caine
“...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.”
Michael Caine
“I told him that the lawyers were always saying 'You can't say that you'll get sued.' He said to me, 'Write fiction Michael, you can tell the truth.' (Kirk Douglas to Michael Caine)”
Michael Caine
“There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.”
Michael Caine
“Ive read an awful lot of books, Ive read alot of awful books”
Michael Caine
“Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but paddling like the dickens underneath.”
Michael Caine
“Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy,"Easy" doesn't enter into grown-up life.”
Michael Caine
“Be a duck, remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.”
Michael Caine