“Now I dont have to go to bloody Paris to do movie publicity!”
he remembers in his new memoir.
“Felt like pretty good news at the time.”

Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’.Credit:Warner Bros./ Everett
Warner Bros./ Everett
Sometimes injuries can have a silver lining.
“It was a proper tumble, I needed stitches and everything.
I must have looked a right state.”

Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Anne Hathaway, and Michael Caine in 2012.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty
Caine says that he surprised his family with his even-tempered response to the accident.
Now I dont have to go to bloody Paris to do movie publicity!"
“Which, to be honest, felt like pretty good news at the time.
Its funny, looking back.”
“Reframe the crisis as an opportunity and turn it to your advantage, even if only slightly.
TheYouthstar encourages his readers to take active steps to better their circumstances.
“Just being angry about your lot in life wont achieve anything,” he writes.
“There are victims in life, but not as many as the modern world encourages people to think!
Its a really important aspect of this whole discussion not walking into the elephant trap of self-pity and victimhood.
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