Sir Michael Caine was too "thick" to realise he was struggling to be a successful actor.

The 'Harry Brown' actor said he was so clueless about seeing when he was struggling at the start of his career that he didn't even realise when he was having problems.

Sir Michael Caine doesn't think he's good enough to win another Oscar.

The 76-year-old star - who has previously received Best Supporting Actor Academy Awards for 1986 film 'Hannah and Her Sisters' and 1999's 'The Cider House Rules' - thinks his only hope of being honoured again is in a year of low standards.

Roman Polanski has been released from prison to receive medical care.

The 76-year-old director - who faces being extradited to America from France after fleeing to the country in 1978 when he was convicted of unlawful sex with a minor - was taken to an undisclosed hospital from his Swiss jail to get the necessary treatment. His French lawyer Herve Temime said: "All I know is that he has been taken from prison for medical attention. I don't know where he is or when he will be returned to prison."

Dennis Hopper claims he is no match for notorious ladies man Jack Nicholson.

The 73-year-old actor has revealed that in their youth Nicholson, 71, was more successful with women and would often steal girls from the 'Rebel Without a Cause' star.

Roman Polanski's wife has asked a host of film stars to join her fight to prevent the director being extradited to America.

The 76-year-old Oscar-winner - who fled the US to France in 1978 after being convicted of unlawful sex with a minor - was arrested on Saturday (26.09.09) in Zurich, Switzerland, and faces being sent back to the US so his actress wife Emmanuelle Seigner has begun compiling a petition calling for his release.

Roman Polanski has been arrested and will be extradited to America.

The 76-year-old director - who fled the US to France in 1978 after being convicted of unlawful sex with a minor - was stopped by police shortly after stepping off a plane in Zurich on Saturday night (26.09.09) where he was set to pick up a lifetime achievement award at the Swiss city's film festival and now faces being sent back to the US within days.