Michael Caine walking with his mother in London

Michael Caine walking with his mother in London, circa 1960’s.

He said this about her: “I'm not sure she ever quite understood what I did. And she certainly never understood how much I earned. She asked me once, how much do you earn for a film? And I said, 'A million pounds' 'Oh' she said, How much is that? She had no way of computing that sort of money, so I said, it means you don't have to do anything mum, work for anything, or want for anything ever, ever again. So no taking crafty cleaning jobs to be with your mates or I'll get into trouble with the papers.”