Sir Michael Caine honoured with Variety Award at BIFA 2009 (2009)

As one of Britain’s most respected and revered actors, Sir Michael Caine was last night honoured with a lifetime achievement award at The British Indepedent Film Awards.

Speaking to t5m, Sir Michael explains how happy he is that he’s ’still around to pick up’ his lifetime achievement award, and even more happy that he is being honoured by the British Independent Film Awards, having just completed two independent films, Harry Brown and Is Anybody There?

Sir Michael tells us that he regards Harry Brown as one of his best performances, where he managed to make both the actor and the acting disappear. But don’t expect to see him starring in anything so dark and moody for a while, as Sir Michael also tells us how desperate he is to get this teeth stuck into a comedy script - following his well received star turns in comedies such as Without a Clue.