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My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch.
Michael Caine
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Michael Caine
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
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Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.
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