Michael Caine

"The greatest challenge in life is being yourself."

"I believe in making the most of every moment."

"Change is inevitable, but how we respond to it is up to us."

"Success is not about being the best; it's about doing your best."

"I think the most important lesson life teaches us is humility."

"The thing about movies these days is they're made for teenagers. The earliest you can be a teenager is about 13, and the latest you can be a teenager is about 30."

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

"If you're a gardener and you plant something, you have to water it every day. You can't just plant it and walk away."

"I won an Oscar. When I was at Elliot-Clarke Dramatic School, I just wanted to be able to earn a living as an actor."

"I started out as a cook and a dishwasher, but I did that job properly."

"You've got to believe you're going to win, and I believe we'll win the World Cup until the final whistle is blown."

"The secret to a long life is to stay busy, get plenty of exercise, and don't drink too much. Then again, don't drink too little."

"I think the main thing a good director can do is create an atmosphere where actors feel free to try things."

"Not many people get to do what they love for a living. I'm one of the lucky ones."

"I'd rather be a lucky mediocrity than an unlucky genius."

"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else."

"My wife said to me, she said, 'You know what? You're a very nice man, but you're a very bad lover.' So I said, 'Well, you're a very nice woman, but you're a very bad judge of character.'"

"The acting profession is the only place where you can steal somebody's dream."

"I think what you've got to do is respect people's time. If you say you're going to be somewhere, you've got to be there."

"The worst thing you can do to a character is to make them too nice."

"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."

"Life is like a box of chocolates... no, wait, that's not my line."

"I grew up in poverty. My parents didn't have much, but they had each other and they had love for their children."

"A lot of the time you're just hoping that your fellow actors are going to be good, because that makes your job easier."

"I became an actor to escape my background. But you can never really escape it."

"The thing about life is that if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."

"I've always felt that if you look like you know where you're going, nobody will bother you."

"You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right."

"The problem with being a character actor is that you're not always the hero. But that's fine by me."

"In order to become successful, you must accept the worst insult your enemy can possibly say, and then prove them wrong."