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

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 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.

As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don't have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it's a nightmare. So, I like film - nice short takes.

I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.

The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.

The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought: "That's what I want to do."