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"Sir Michael Caine has said that he&amp;#039;s given up luxury items out of respect for poorer families.  The Dark Knight Rises star says that he hasn&amp;#039;t forgotten his early days of poverty in London and tries not to buy flashy things with his newfound wealth.  He told The People: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m very fortunate I live in fantastic luxury but it doesn&amp;#039;t mean I should forget where I come from. I&amp;#039;ve seen both sides - rich and poor. That&amp;#039;s why all that bling has gone. I don&amp;#039;t need all that.&amp;quot; Caine, who has enjoyed a successful acting career since the 1960s, said that he believes that during a time of recession it wouldn&amp;#039;t be right to buy luxury items.  He added, &amp;quot;I used to drive a Rolls [Royce] and all that, but they were just too ostentatious for this world now. I had to get rid of them. It didn&amp;#039;t feel right to be all showy when there are people scraping and scrimping to feed their loved ones.  &amp;quot;I just get driven around in a Lexus which you wouldn&amp;#039;t look at twice - it&amp;#039;s just grey. I still have the Rolex but I leave that in a drawer and wear this cheap black plastic one instead. It does the job.&amp;quot; The 79-year-old actor will next be seen in The Dark Knight Rises with Christian Bale, Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway.  Watch a trailer for The Dark Knight Rises below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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