“I was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite. Imagine signing that autograph! You'd get a broken arm. So I changed my name to Michael Caine after Humphrey Bogart's 'The Caine Mutiny'.”
Sir Michael Caine

“I was called McG since the day I was born because we were broke and there were three Joes in the house.”
McG

“I've always maintained my name will not define my films, my films will define my name. But I wish I was called Steve, or something else. ”
McG

“I hate my name. It's a stupid, horrible name. ”
McG

“Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives.”
Richard Charles Hastings Eyre