Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.
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.
In my day, the drug was alcohol and the weapon was a fist, so it was very sort of innocent and primitive. Now you've got drugs, guns, and knives, which are so lethal.
In real life, I'm afraid of heights - and people who get moral convictions... Adolf Hitler in London.
I'm very, very family oriented. I'm a big cook and a good connoisseur and I only drink very good red wines now.
I've never taken drugs - if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
I just work in order to improve myself as an actor which is what I've always done.
I don't like getting up early in the morning and learning all that stuff. I work with offers that I can't refuse.
I usually control the environment I'm in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
If someone is very upper-class, you have a stereotype of him which is probably true. If someone has a working-class accent, you have no idea who you're talking to.
I see myself as 38, but you don't notice it.
It's funny, people ask me, 'What would you consider the most romantic track on your record Mr Caine?' And I say 'Swollen' by Bent, and they say 'I think he's off his rocker!'
I don't have to work, really, but I do enjoy working, and I do enjoy getting paid.
I always say to my wife, don't tell anyone I watch this [shows like The X Factor and Pop Idol], but it fascinates me because I've done so many auditions and been knocked back.
You don't retire from the movies. The movies retire you.
80 percent of any gang is not there to attack someone. They're there so no one will attack them.
I've done a lot of radio in my life. I've done radio plays for the BBC when I was young so I was absolutely used to that style of work, of working with the voice. I have a very distinctive voice so it's always great for me because I open my mouth and everybody knows who it is.
I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year, I was doing 40 or 50 characters.
I'd like it to be remembered as you had some fun. We're only here [living] for some fun. I think if you learn something, all well and good, but we're only here to give you some fun. Along the way, you may find out something.
I'm hoping there's an afterlife. As you get older, you hope even more fervently.
English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don't have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it's a nightmare. So, I like film - nice short takes.
I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The first part is called the Pledge. The magician shows you something ordinary. The second act is called the Turn. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it into something extraordinary. But you wouldn't clap yet, because making something disappear isn't enough. You have to bring it back.
The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
