<p>Veteran star Michael Caine has revealed his father thought he was gay when he first decided to become an actor.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Oscar-winning actor, who grew up in Southwark, South London, remembers how taken aback his dad was as it was unusual for a heterosexual man to enter the industry at the time, reported Esquire magazine.<br /><br />"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," he said.<br /><br />The 80-year-old may be known for playing confident characters on the big-screen but he admits when growing up he would avoid speaking to anyone he didn't know.<br />"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."</p>
<p>Veteran star Michael Caine has revealed his father thought he was gay when he first decided to become an actor.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Oscar-winning actor, who grew up in Southwark, South London, remembers how taken aback his dad was as it was unusual for a heterosexual man to enter the industry at the time, reported Esquire magazine.<br /><br />"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," he said.<br /><br />The 80-year-old may be known for playing confident characters on the big-screen but he admits when growing up he would avoid speaking to anyone he didn't know.<br />"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."</p>