"Im both, but I will use Sir Michael Caine."
Sir Michael Caine is an English retired actor. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 130 films over a career that spanned eight decades and is considered a British cultural icon. He has received numerous awards including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. As of 2017, the films in which Caine has appeared h
"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"?"
"[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."