London:
Academy
Award-winning
actor
Michael
Caine
says
his
father
thought
he
was
gay
when
he
told
him
that
he
wants
to
be
an
actor.
The
80-year-old
actor,
who
won
supporting
actor
Oscar
in
1986
for
Hannah
and
Her
Sisters
and
later
in
1999
for
The
Cider
House
Rules,
also
admitted
that
he
was
very
shy
as
a
kid
and
avoided
talking
to
anyone.
Talking
to
the
Contact
Music,
Michael
Caine
said,
"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
theatre
in
those
days
was
very
gay.
But
I
wasn't.
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.
"My
three
great
achievements
with
which
I
had
absolutely
nothing
to
do
are
that
I
was
born
an
Englishman,
a
Londoner
and
a
Cockney," the
Contactmusic.com
quotes
Michael
Caine
as
saying.
Michael
Caine
is
currently
busy
shooting
for
his
upcoming
movie
Mr
Morgan's
Last
Love,
which
is
an
adaptation
of
Francoise
Dorner's
French
novel
La
Douceur
Assassine
directed
by
Sandra
Nettelbeck.
Meanwhile,
he
is
also
waiting
to
know
the
viewers'
response
for
his
latest
film
Now
You
See
Me,
which
is
slated
to
release
on
May
31.
(IANS)