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

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.

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

You're never too old to be crazy.

I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans.

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

One of the great things with comedy is that there's no such thing as a mediocre comedy; it's either uproarious or crap. That's the problem.