Michael Caine

"[On his 50-year long marriage to his wife Shakira] [W]e went to Vegas for my 40th birthday, and we got married. It was where a lot of famous people had got married, because there were pictures of all of them on the wall. I was looking round thinking, f—g hell, I’m getting married where whatisname got married, and so-and-so. And then, at the end, I looked round, and realised every single person on the wall had got divorced. I thought, oh s—t, this isnt going to last long, then."

"My worst roles have been in movies I made solely for the money — like Jaws – The Revenge. I was offered a small part in a fourth of the big shark movies at a tremendous fee, and I took it. I have never seen the film, but by all accounts, it was terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and its terrific."

"[On his father, Maurice Micklewhite Snr, a soldier during World War II] He liberated the Pope."

"I was named after my father and I was knighted in his name because I love my father. I always kept my real name - Im a very private and family-orientated person."

"My name is Sir Maurice" or "My name is Sir Michael"?"

"Im both, but I will use Sir Michael Caine."

"[On assuming he would never be a star] Because I thought you had to be very handsome and all that – kissing the girls and everything – and I wasnt like that when I was young. I was an ugly, skinny bastard."

"[On his National Service] And then when I was 19 they sent me to Korea – which was not a very nice idea for your 19th birthday. I wasnt a big professional soldier, and it wasnt a big war. The Korean War was like the First World War, we all lived in trenches and fought each other in the dark; but I was still s—t scared, as everybody else was. So I understood those things – death and close friends dying and getting injured."

"But Im 90. I dont worry about the future. I worry if Im gonna make it to lunch."

"Im very lucky the whole face has not collapsed."

"I keep saying Im going to retire. Well I am now."

"I had to go off on my own. So, okay, I haven’t got Michael Caine, I’d better get Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Kenneth Branagh, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Cillian Murphy, Tom Conti, and hoped that all those greats would add up to one Michael Caine."