To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times.
Michael CaineI'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point.
Michael CaineI was watching cartoons on television and a commercial came on for one of the Batman series where I played a butler. And then my grandson looked up at me and he said, "Do you know Batman?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Really," I said, "Yeah." I said I know him very well. And he told all the boys at school, he said, "My grandpa knows Batman. Does your grandpa know Batman? OK, no. Mine does.
Michael CaineWhen you're a movie star and you're young, you are always playing someone who's a better fighter, a better lover, a better everything than you.
Michael Caine