Michael Caine: ‘My father thought I was gay’
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Tribute News on May 10, 2013 | 2 Comments
Michael Caine's father used to think he was gay. The Oscar-winning actor - who grew up in Southwark, South London - remembers how taken aback his dad was when he first revealed he wanted to be an actor as it was unusual for a heterosexual man to enter the industry at the time. He told
Esquire magazine: "My dad was a Billingsgate fish market porter. When I told him that I was going to be an actor he never said a word but I saw his face and thought, he thinks I'm gay. The theater in those days was very gay. But I wasn't." Michael, 80, may be known for playing boisterous confident characters on the big-screen but he admits when growing up he would avoid speaking to anyone he didn't know. He added: "I was the shyest
child. If strangers came into the house I'd hide behind the curtains and wouldn't come out until they'd gone." The
Inception star has since gained a tremendous amount of self-belief and credits his upbringing for helping him turn into the successful actor he is today.
He quipped: "My three great achievements with which I had absolutely nothing to do are that I was born an Englishman, a Londoner and a Cockney."
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