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I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
Michael Caine
Intelligence
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
Wife
The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.
Michael Caine
Talent
The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do.
Michael Caine
Thought
Actor
First
Want
The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
Michael Caine
Actor
Being
Research
Years
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
Michael Caine
Fault
Present
Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
Michael Caine
Age
Money
Old
Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.
Michael Caine
Time
Career
First
Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
Michael Caine
Man
Obsession
Old
My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work.
Michael Caine
Work
January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.
Michael Caine
Movies
America
If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
Michael Caine
Control
Actor
When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.
Michael Caine
Right
I'm the audience's representative on earth.
Michael Caine
Earth