Michael Caine Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I don't worry about the last shot or the next shot. I concentrate. Every shot gets a clean slate. And when a shot is over, I wipe it out absolutely. Tell a joke or something. If you worry about how you looked, how well you did, you'll go insane.”

“The greatest luxury is not driving. I didn't own a car until I was 30, and that was a Rolls-Royce, so it was cheaper to insure a chauffeur. I never want to drive again. My mind is always on other things. I hate parking, and I'm very short-tempered and would get road rage, I'm sure.”

“A lot of my best parts I've been the second choice for, so you never get too egotistical about anything.”

“Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.”

“Every time you get a movie, you get a medical. So you know, you know you're alright for a couple of weeks.”

“The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.”

“There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.”

“I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier.”

“The first thing I'll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don't wear any makeup at all.”

“My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch, except that we get this sort of catharsis every six months or so, and we go and be absolutely someone else.”