` ::Hey, I'm a Yank, and I've followed Michael Caine's career from a long time ago, possibly before you were born, and I'm telling you that Laurie's grasp of our talk is remarkable. Caine's a great actor, but he's never achieved the ``assimilation`` of our speech patterns that Laurie has. The only other Brit who comes close, in my estimation, is the equally awesomely talented Tracy Ullman. == `