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Michael Douglas on the ‘Disadvantages’ of Being Kirk Douglas’ Son: ‘Create Your Own Identity’


Michael Douglas revealed the 'disadvantages' of being Kirk Douglas' son, as well as the 'advantages' that he experienced early on in his Hollywood career.

The Academy Award winner admitted that people usually recognized him as Kirk’s son when he was first starting out in show business. Oh my God, you sound, you look just like your father.’ ‘Well, thank you very much,’” he reflected during an episode of SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show with Julia Cunningham” on Wednesday, April 17. “I think the advantage is that you were able to see your father as a movie star, his friends, Burt Lancaster, Gregory Peck, others, Tony Curtis, all of them coming, Frank Sinatra, and you see them with their own foibles,” the Wall Street actor shared.

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