Wit and wisdom

Michael Caine is a reporter's dream. I interviewed him by telephone earlier this week, and all he needed was one question and he was off on a 30 minute chat, practically non stop.
Caine is promoting the new version of "Sleuth,'' the thriller about the mind games that an aging writer and the man who stole his wife play at an isolated English estate. Jude Law co-stars; it's scheduled to open in our area by the end of October.
Caine first made the movie in 1972 with Lord Laurence Olivier, who was high strung during filming because he had lost his job as artistic director of England's National Theatre. Before shooting began, Olivier sent Caine a letter saying not to worry about his knighhood title (sir, at the time) and to please call him Larry.
Would Caine, who was knighted sir by Queen Elizabeth in 1993, make it to his lordship? No he said because getting a lordship is "all political and I'm not political.''
As for working with Law, famous for his handsome looks, Caine said "he is completely oblivious of his looks and in fact, considers them a distraction.''
Must be nice.
Law also surprised Caine by being "totally dedicated to what he does.''