Top 112 Quotes by Michael Caine

I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter.

In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.

Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.

Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you've had a life like mine, you have to.

The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor, Jean Gabin. They're all very natural, sort of masculine without being overly macho.

People say I've 'retained' my Cockney accent. I can do any accent, but I wanted other working-class boys to know that they could become actors.

My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work.

When 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.

I don't think you retire from movies; movies retire you.

My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.