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Michael Douglas Reveals He’s Stepped Away From Acting With ‘No Real Intentions of Going Back’

Michael Douglas has revealed that while he’s not officially retired from acting, he has "no real intentions" of returning to the big screen.

Speaking at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival to present a newly restored print of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest — which he won an Oscar for as a producer on the 1970 classic — the 80-year-old Douglas was asked about his future plans as an actor. The actor did hint at “one little independent movie” he is “trying to get a good script out of,” but besides that project, he has no other plans to return to films, and is “happy to play the wife” to Catherine Zeta-Jones. I went with the program, involving chemo and radiation, and was fortunate,” Douglas said, adding that his friend and actor Larry Hagman died from a similar diagnosis.

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