Michael Caine’s best advise to aspiring actors? Be nice to people – and be lucky

Michael Caine has been looking back, and on the whole he likes the view. Regrets? He’s had few.

The 85-year-old star of movies such as Alfie (1966), Get Carter (1971) and The Dark Knight (2008) – among many, many others – reminisces fondly in Blowing The Bloody Doors Off, whose title adapts a line from his 1969 heist caper The Italian Job. Published late last year, it’s part memoir, part advice manual for aspiring actors and anyone else nursing an elusive dream of success.