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" One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow. "
Michael Caine
Speak
Slow
Speed
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" My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda, they all had dark hair. The only one I found was Van Johnson, who wasn't too cool. He was a nice, homely American boy. So I created my own image. It worked. "
Michael Caine
Nice
Boy
American
" You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I often notice is that the actor is looking for his mark, the place where he has to stand to be in the right place in the shot. "
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" I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around. "
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Around
" January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out. "
Michael Caine
January
America
Garbage
" In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous. "
Michael Caine
You
Unknown
Restaurant
" You have to remember, I never became successful or wealthy till I was 30. "
Michael Caine
Never
Remember
Successful
" 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. "
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Work
Money
Here
" 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
" 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. "
Michael Caine
You
Way
Watching
" 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. "
Michael Caine
Place
Restaurant
Live
" My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much. "
Michael Caine
Talk
Too Much
Slow
" I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier. "
Michael Caine
Soldier
Happy
Life
" I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't. "
Michael Caine
Done
Things
Started
" 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. "
Michael Caine
American
Growing Up
Music
" 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
Difference
Will
Change
" You cannot have one bathroom. And it don't matter how much you love your wife and everything, 'cause you wind up with no room at all. You just get a little corner, and you've got a toothbrush and your paste and a shaving brush and a razor. "
Michael Caine
Bathroom
You
Love
" Every time you get a movie, you get a medical. So you know, you know you're alright for a couple of weeks. "
Michael Caine
Medical
Know
Get
" I don't do it often, but I do cry. I also laugh a lot; people tell me I'm funny and I do like to laugh. "
Michael Caine
Tell
Me
Cry
" If you're a movie star, you get the girl, you lose the girl, and then you get her back. But if you're a character like me, you lose the girl, then you get another one, then you get another one, then you lose them all, then you lose your life. "
Michael Caine
Character
Me
You
" Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think. "
Michael Caine
Need
Money
Old Age
" As an actor, I'll play anything. "
Michael Caine
Play
Actor
Anything
" I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me. "
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Me
Mad
Influence
" The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor, Jean Gabin. They're all very natural, sort of masculine without being overly macho. "
Michael Caine
Natural
Actor
Admire
" I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. "
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Actor
Character
Made
" 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. "
Michael Caine
Always
Me
Transport
" I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter. "
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Good
Boy
Sort
" 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. "
Michael Caine
Life
Think
Want
" I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In 'The Quiet American' you may have noticed I got the part and the girl. It's a milestone for me, because it's the last time I'm going to get the girl. "
Michael Caine
Time
You
American
" I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop. "
Michael Caine
Dirty
Quiet
Remake
" I just love to go home, no matter where I am, the most luxurious hotel suite in the world, I love to go home. "
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World
Home
Hotel