Michael Caine

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse. ↗

— Michael Caine

#excuse #fault #never #nor #present

The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years. ↗

— Michael Caine

#being #best #british #drunk #playing

The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this - a movie star will say, 'How can I change the script to suit me?' and a movie actor will say. 'How can I change me to suit the script?' ↗

— Michael Caine

#between #change #difference #how #i

The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do. ↗

— Michael Caine

#ever #first #i #lone #lone ranger

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

— Michael Caine

#held #me #ovation #quite #regard

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. ↗

— Michael Caine

#calm #dickens #duck #like #like a duck

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. ↗

— Michael Caine

#bad #bad stuff #even #lot #me

Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture. ↗

— Michael Caine

#class #get #lecture #me #otherwise

To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times. ↗

— Michael Caine

#complete #difficult #disappear #i #into

When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right. ↗

— Michael Caine

#doing #i #notice #right #while