423 Quotes by Michael Caine

The first thing I’ll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don’t wear any makeup at all.

I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I’m an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn’t just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.

A man should dress in a way that you don’t notice. He looks good and you don’t know why. But it’s the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.

I don’t want to be an English actor doing the greatest American accent you’ve ever heard. I want to be an American doing nothing.

I’m not tough anymore, I’m 82.

I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I’ve been so happy. I was a soldier.

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

You’ve got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.

If you’re an actor and you don’t act for a long time you sort of think, I wonder if I can still do it.