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" 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. "

Michael Caine

Theatre

Success

Actor

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

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" At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I'm Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim. "

" 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. "

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

" I regard myself as someone who is retired but who occasionally goes out to work. In fact, I'm offered so much good stuff that it's not so occasional. "

" 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. "

" I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point. "

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

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