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Michael Caine's Speech to Roger Moore.

"Having just seen Roger on television I realise where Englebert Humperdink got his hair from (Very big laughs)

Just before coming here a reporter was questioning me about Roger and asking what is the difference, you're a contemporary of Roger's which is a lie for a start, the first time I met Roger I was on the dole, and he was very rich and famous, so I don't see how that makes me a contemporary (laughter) and he was also charming and handsome, and I claimed to be all those things….. two out of four isn't bad (laughter) l looked at this journalist and said what is the difference between me and Roger? And I said I will tell you, you could be me but you could never be Roger, I said you could never be as handsome and charming, and I know because I always wanted to be Roger, I went to the same tailor Dougie Hayward ( laughter) he always slipped up when it came to my suit's ( laughter) I went to Turnbull and Asser for my shirts, but I didn't have my haircut at the funny place in St James ( laughter) I didn't want to expire EH anyway ( laughter) .When I met Roger, this man was very famous he was The Saint, I was walking along Piccadilly with Terence Stamp, and I am not name dropping here because Terence Stamp was my flatmate and he was unknown as well, we were both on the dole. When ever you see a star you look and say look who's over there, its Roger Moore and he started to cross the road and come towards us, and we said in low voices look he's coming towards us, and we don't know him and he doesn't know us, so we are standing there and Roger came up to me and said "Is your name Michael Caine"? I didn't have to have to ask him his name, and he said "I saw you on television last night, and you are going to go a long way" and he walked away. Was that not an extraordinarily nice thing to do for a young actor ( clapping audience) and we did go a long way we got to walk all the way back to Shepherd's Bush ( enormous laughter) with Michael Caine laughing greatly, I just made that up ( more laughter) anyway eventually when I became rich and famous we became friends ( laughter) you do know when you're poor and unknown you cannot become friends with somebody rich and famous, I had to dump all my old friends, ( laughter) you can never relax at dinner, you're always going to think somebody is going to ask for something ( much laughter) . The two things I hate most in the world are giving speeches, and doing long journeys in aeroplanes, you would have to pay me a great deal of money, for either of them and I would hate it, and Roger does nothing else but this at his own expense and his own free will for children in need, and I think that is extraordinary. (Very loud applause) Also as a personal friend, as Bryan ( Forbes ) has said everybody says he is the most loyal of people, you really feel that if you were in trouble, and you needed some help he would be the most well mannered turn down in your life ( much laughter)
I love this man dearly, and I trust him more than any other man in the world, I feel that he would do anything for me and I would do anything for him, and as Michael Winner said he should get a bloody knighthood for what he does". ( extremely large applause)

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