I was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite. Imagine signing that autograph! You'd get a broken arm. So I changed my name to Michael Caine after Humphrey Bogart's 'The Caine Mutiny,' which was playing in the theater across from the telephone booth where I learned that I'd gotten my first TV job.

I usually control the environment I'm in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.

I've never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others' properties.

I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor.

I've never been competitive with other actors. I've been competitive with myself and I'm my own worst critic, a terrible critic I am, and unless I get something right, I feel very unhappy.

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

One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow.