Michael Caine: ‘My father thought I was gay’

By 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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1. Checkit • May 10, 2013 @ 4:10 PM

   I thought he was. Meh, but a great actor.

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