'I had to stop': Acting legend Michael Douglas to retire aged 80 - as he opens up about health battles
The Hollywood actor said he has "no intentions" of returning to acting as he opened up about his past battle with cancer.
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The Basic Instinct actor revealed that while he hasn't officially retired, he classes himself as such.
"I have not worked since 2022 purposefully because I realized I had to stop," he said.
"I had been working pretty hard for almost 60 years, and I did not want to be one of those people who dropped dead on the set.
"I have no real intentions of going back. I say I'm not retired because if something special came up, I'd go back, but otherwise, no."
Douglas opened up about his 2010 battle with cancer, having suffered from throat cancer which later turned out to be tongue cancer.
"Stage 4 cancer is not a holiday, but there aren't many choices, are there?
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"I went with the program, involving chemo and radiation, and was fortunate. The surgery would have meant not being able to talk and removing part of my jaw and that would have been limiting as an actor."
Douglas is married to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, with Douglas adding that he's "happy to play wife" while Catherine continues to work in the entertainment industry.
While fans were disappointed to hear the Falling Down actor would not be returning to the silver screen, he gave them a glimmer of hope when he said there was "one little independent movie" that he's "trying to get a good script out of".