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 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
I'm very much more choosy now. I do stuff that I really, really, really like. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I regard myself as someone who is retired but who occasionally goes out to work. In fact, I'm offered so much good… — 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
There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But… — 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