People say I've 'retained' my Cockney accent. I can do any accent, but I wanted other working-class boys to know that they… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I don't like getting up early in the morning and learning all that stuff. I work with offers that I can't refuse. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
If you're an actor and you don't act for a long time you sort of think, I wonder if I can still… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I've been acting a long time, and I can play a Cockney gangster or a womanizer in my sleep or standing on… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I can never be the hero now. You have to be young and all that stuff. I used to be the hero. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching a real… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
“Be a duck, remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.” — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year,… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I want to stick around with the big boys. I don't want to be in the old folks home. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image