Michael Caine

“Some men just want to watch the world burn.”

“Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.”

“Obsession is a young man's game.”

“First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.”

“The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this: a movie star will say, 'How can I change the script to suit me?' and a movie actor will say, 'How can I change me to suit the script?'”

“At my age, you don't get leading men. You get the grandfather. And I'm not a grandfather. I'm a leading man who's old.”

“You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!”

“Why do we fall, sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.”

“Do I believe in God? Yes, I do. When you've had the life I've had, you have to.”

“My most useful acting tip came from my dog. I learnt that if you are suffering, you don't have to show it.”

“I have been poor and I have been rich. Rich is better.”

“I'm a bloody legend.”

“You use a negative to make a positive.”

“I never see the films I'm in. I'm always disappointed.”

“An actor's life is so interesting because you can't say what's going to happen next. You don't know.”

“I've always been in it for the long haul. I've never been a sprinter.”