423 Quotes by Michael Caine

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

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

The trouble with women? Elbows.

In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous.

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.

Use the difficulties - if you can't avoid them

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

Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.

It's much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.