Michael Caine Quotes

When I was 16 years old, I joined a drama group called North Queensland Academy of Dramatic Art under a woman called Maggie Shephard-King. She inspired me to audition for the role of Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor.

The theater is the reason I am an actress.

At first, I didn't know what an actor was. I thought it was an acrobat. I saw acrobats at the circus, and I thought that was interesting. In my head, that was what I imagined I wanted to be when I grew up. Then I realized what an actor was, and I've gravitated to it ever since.

Just to have the opportunity to play an American in America is a dream come true for me.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

I drifted into acting. My grandfather had a house in Buffalo in which there was a stage, and his friends met every two weeks or so to put on plays. So it was natural for me to put on plays, too, when I went to boarding school. I put on everything in the drama - I was indiscriminate. I put on Yeats and Shaw and Lady Gregory.

I'm a total theater junkie - whether I'm working on a stage or sitting in a seat. I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.

I really enjoy being an actor!

I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.

I played comedies and dramas.

I'm merely trying to be something akin to a nice, kind, good actress.

I started acting because I enjoyed school plays.

My dad was a theater actor, so I would follow him backstage. And my mom was a casting director. The moment I heard the applause and realized it would get me out of school, I was hooked.

I played Big Mama in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' when I was 20 years old at the University of Michigan.

I've always wanted to act since I was little.

I'd like to do plays, maybe a one man show.

That was my original dream, anyway, to be on stage. I think the stage is an actor's place because actors, it belongs to you.

It is so fantastic being an actress because you have the chance to be a thousand different people when you act.

I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.

I love doing both theater and television.

I never played an ingenue.

I loved entertainment and acting, performing. I just liked the stage and having the spotlight and stuff.

I always wanted to be an actress. I think that is something that I could be pretty good at.