423 Quotes by Michael Caine

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

I don’t like getting up early in the morning and learning all that stuff. I work with offers that I can’t refuse.

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

Ive read an awful lot of books, Ive read alot of awful books.

I’m always slightly envious of people who become extremely rich without anyone knowing who the hell they are, like financiers.

I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.

I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn’t had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn’t care when, where, or how much for.

In my early days, I didn’t know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films.

In my day, the drug was alcohol and the weapon was a fist, so it was very sort of innocent and primitive. Now you’ve got drugs, guns, and knives, which are so lethal.