Michael Douglas is one very busy man in Hollywood these days. Not only is he juggling different projects while helping his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones raise their kids at home, but he's also thinking about going beyond the camera as well.

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In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly on Friday, Douglas opens up about his next big screen offering Ant-Man and why his two children, Carys and Dylan are excited to see him in his latest role.

When asked if he's ever flirted with the idea of joining a franchise, Douglas said, "No. It's fun to do a big-budgeted movie after scraping and scratching along with a lot of these indies, these labors of love. To be in a picture that's got a built-in audience and has the tide going with you. I'm ready for it, after struggling and fighting for pictures that you believed in, that are maybe off the beaten path."

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As far as his kids seeing the movie, Douglas added, "Oh, it's like I haven't done anything in my life before Ant-Man. There are so few movies that I could show them when they were growing, because all my pictures were R rated. For years, they thought their mom was the actress and I made pancakes."

What's more, Douglas also reveals that he's been tempted to work behind the camera as a director, but he's still unsure on whether or not he's willing to take on such a big task.

"It's lonely being a director. You're on early and you're there until the very end, "Douglas said. "Whereas as producing and even acting in a role is a shorter timeframe that allows you to do a few different things. You look at being a director, he's tied on to a project for a long time. So I've gone back and forth and I still do it, from time to time, and feel good about directing. But not good enough to actually take it on."

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