I felt like I was getting some privileged insight from a grandfatherly figure who sat me down to take me through his life, both personally and professionally. He is a brilliant actor and I always admired him in his roles through his whole career from "Zulu" to "Interstellar". Michael comes across as a hard-working, decent chap who feels grateful to have had such good fortune in his career and with his family.

To be fair, I'm sure most narrators have episodes like these, but usually the editing is better and another take of the sentence in question is done to fix it.He's an inspiration to us nobodies who weren't born with a silver spoon in their mouths, but who yearn to crawl up out of the gutter. Now in his 85th year, he looks back at an incredible life and career and everything it’s taught him – sharing hard-won wisdom, brilliant insights and stories, as well as the skills of acting and the movies we can all learn from. I must confess that my primary reason for reading this is that I love listening to Michael Caine and wanted to hear him talk for 7 hours.

The advice is obvious, and while we can all read it and acknowledge it is a good idea, I would expect the vast majority would struggle to follow through. While reading, I envisioned sitting in a library or study around a fire listening to him tell me all the tales, the ups and downs, and tucking in bits of wisdom. Hollywood legend and British national treasure Sir Michael Caine shares the wisdom, stories, insight and skills that life has taught him in his remarkable career - and now his 85th year. According to his book (and there is no reason to doubt the content) he is calm, polite and professional while on set; he is organised and well prepared in advance of arriving; he doesn't drink to excess or go near drugs; he turns every difficulty into a positive and, has been married 50 years (how many actors can claim that? Even so, there are some really entertaining stories throughout, which are told with his ever-present wit and humility.Once again with get a nice collection of anecdotes that mostly concern themselves about the profession of acting.

Michael Caine, 85, reminisces fondly about his life in his book "Blowing the Bloody Doors Off," published Tuesday Oct.

Read by the author, the book is part memoir, part acting tips, part life lessons, but all delivered in a humble cheery manner of a man who is really grateful for the great luck he's had in his life. Married for more than 45 years, with two daughters and three grandchildren, he and his wife Shakira live in London and Surrey.