Michael Caine Quotes

I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor.

If I see any injustice done, I have a big enough mouth and the position to open up about it.

Nobody's a criminal to himself. I never play a criminal like a bad person.

If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady.

I spent my life in the library reading books.

I need a challenge 'cause I don't get the girl anymore.

I just try to play more and more difficult roles.

When you're a young actor you ring your agent every evening. It's not like when you're in Hollywood where you do one picture a year. You just hope you get a day on television.

I've been in every disco in the world. I saw a picture of my wife Shakira and I dancing in Studio 54; I didn't even know someone had taken that picture.

If you put someone on screen long enough, they become the hero.

My circle of friends are not actors at all. None of them are actors, really, because they're are not available. They're always off somewhere.

One of the great things with comedy is that there's no such thing as a mediocre comedy; it's either uproarious or crap. That's the problem.

My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch.

I learn the whole time. I think it would be dull if I thought I was going to work and wouldn't find something new. We always learn.

If you're a gardener you don't need a gym. [...] You're always carrying large sacks of manure all over.

There are loads of black actors.You can't say: I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's black, [so] I'll vote for him. You've got to give a good performance.

I think it would be great for the Academy to recognize old age.

We should vote for the welfare of the country, not for the welfare of the party.

Since I was 19, I've had the most fun possible every single day, even when I had a rough life. It was the army which taught me about life, and the theater which taught me how good it could be.

I'm the happiest grandfather in the world, I promise you.

Some men and women aren't looking for money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. They simply want to watch the world burn.

Every time you get a movie, you get a medical. So you know, you know you're alright for a couple of weeks.