Michael Douglas reveals whether he will return to acting

Beloved actor Michael Douglas attended the Karlovy Vary Film Festival where he opened up about his future in acting.

Concerning the current politics in the country, he remarked, “I look at it generally as the fact of how precious democracy is, of how vulnerable it is and how it always has to be protected. I hope that what we’re struggling with right now is a reminder of all the hard work the Czechs did in gaining their freedom and independence. Politics now seem to be for profit. Money has entered democracy as a profit centre. People are going into politics now to make money. We maintained an ideal, an idealism in the U.S., which does not exist now.”

Claiming he does not want to go into too much detail, he said, “I myself am worried, I am nervous, and I think it’s all of our responsibility to look out for ourselves.”

About his work on One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and the honour it received at the festival, Douglas recalled, “The festival was just beginning when we first came here. It was a new festival and Miloš felt it was important to his country to be at the festival. I remember we had a good time, it’s a charming, charming town. It’s highly unusual to be supporting and honoring a movie from 50 years ago. It was a reminder for me of how special that picture was. It’s a treat to come back here to the scene of the crime, where Miloš was brought up, with all of what he accomplished.”

On his intention of returning to acting, he revealed, “I have not worked since 2022 purposefully because I realized I had to stop. 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.”

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