If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking.
Michael Caine

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
Michael Caine

January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.
Michael Caine

My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work.
Michael Caine

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
Michael Caine

Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.
Michael Caine

Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
Michael Caine

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
Michael Caine

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

The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do.
Michael Caine

The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.
Michael Caine

There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.
Michael Caine

Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture.
Michael Caine

When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.
Michael Caine

When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.
Michael Caine