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" I don't think you retire from movies; movies retire you. "

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" I think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to have a place where they can see out the windows, see the world passing by. Europeans fancy that. "

" 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. "

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

" I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don't want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life. "

" I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money. "

" I don't meet stockbrokers or carpenters or coal miners; I spend all day with actors, composers and photographers. "

" Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you've had a life like mine, you have to. "

" I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.' "

" 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! "

" Let me put it this way: If you're sitting in a movie and you're watching me, and you say, 'Isn't that Michael Caine a wonderful actor?' then I've failed. "

" In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films. "

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

" Am I a car aficionado? No: for me, cars have always been just for transport. I didn't even know anyone who had a car until I was 14 or 15. "

" Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which played pop songs, or the pirate radio boats off the coast. "

" I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age. "

" I was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite. Imagine signing that autograph! You'd get a broken arm. So I changed my name to Michael Caine after Humphrey Bogart's 'The Caine Mutiny,' which was playing in the theater across from the telephone booth where I learned that I'd gotten my first TV job. "

" 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. "

" To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example. "

" One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow. "

" 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. "

" English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite. "

" I'm the audience's representative on earth. "

" I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better. "

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

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" I don't want to sound like Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, but I do think there should be some sort of national service for young men. "

" I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year, I was doing 40 or 50 characters. "

" I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn't care when, where, or how much for. "