423 Quotes by Michael Caine

Obsession is a young man’s game.

If someone is very upper-class, you have a stereotype of him which is probably true. If someone has a working-class accent, you have no idea who you're talking to.

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

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 person.

My career is going better now than when I was younger. Now I get the part. Back then, I'd get the girl.

When I look in the mirror, I see someone who's happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I've had success as I've gotten older, because I'm able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.

I'm hoping there's an afterlife. As you get older, you hope even more fervently.

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

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.