Michael Caine Reveals The Movie That Stopped Him Quitting Acting

Michael Caine has revealed the movie that stopped him quitting acting, after her realised he was no longer being considered for leading man roles.

The 82-year-old knight of the realm said that he went off to Miami to take stock once he realised that he was no longer ‘getting the girl’.

“I was 62, 63 and one day I got a script and I read it and I sent it back to the producer with a letter saying the part was too small,” he told Shortlist.

“He sent me a letter back saying, 'I didn’t want you to read the lover, I wanted you to read the father’. And I went 'oops’.

“That was a turning point for me. I suddenly realised, getting the girl was all over.

“I gave up and I went and lived in Miami. I was having loads of fun, and then Jack Nicholson got a script and said, 'Why don’t you do this movie Blood and Wine with me?’. So I started off again.

“Then I did 'Little Voice’ and a whole series of movies I really enjoyed. I won Academy Awards, BAFTAs and Golden Globes all over the place. 'Little Voice’ got me going again.”

Caine scored himself the Golden Globe for Best Actor for his role in 1998′s 'Little Voice’, opposite Jane Horrocks.

He now thinks that 'Youth’, his latest movie with Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano and Jane Fonda is his best ever role

“I had this whole era when I was a movie star and got the girl,” he added.

“Then I became a movie actor, where I didn’t get the girl, I got the part. But now I look for the most difficult.

“'Youth’, to me, is one of the best things I ever did, because you cannot see me, you only see the person, you cannot see the acting. 'Youth’ is probably the performance I’m happiest with. That I ever did.”

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