“My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda, they all had dark hair. The only one I found was Van Johnson, who wasn't too cool. He was a nice, homely American boy. So I created my own image. It worked.”

English retired actor

Sir Michael Caine is an English retired actor, known for his distinctive Cockney accent and a screen career that spanned eight decades. He has appeared in more than 130 films and is regarded as a British cultural icon. His work brought him two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2000, he received a BAFTA Fellowship and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. By 2017, the films he had appeared in had grossed more than $7.8 billion worldwide.