My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I've got a lot of back-up because my father was a Catholic, my mother was a Protestant, I was educated by Jews… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
When I was 6 my father went to fight in the war, so he was my big hero. I thought he was… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
My mother had heard all about miniskirts but had never seen one so I took her for lunch at Alvaro's [in Chelsea].… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
There was a certain moment. I was about 61 - two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I'm Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and… — 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
![“My mother had heard all about miniskirts but had never seen one so I took her for lunch at Alvaro's [in Chelsea]. We walked down the King's Road and waited 10 seconds for our first miniskirt and a girl came along with her skirt tucked round her arse. I said: 'What do you think, ma?' And she said…” quote by Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8d8/michael-caine-1152_arses_my-mother-had-heard-all-about-miniskirts_2237877.jpg)
