Douglas: 'I could have been a better dad'

Michael Douglas has admitted that he could have been a better father to his son Cameron.

The star, whose son is facing a jail sentence after being charged with possession of methamphetamine and cocaine, said that he always put his career before his children when he was younger.

Douglas, son of actor Kirk Douglas, told Vanity Fair magazine: "My priorities were very similar to my father's. Career first."

Talking about Cameron's drug addiction, he said: "The history of second-generation actors isn't great in our industry. It's kind of a tragic road, actually. Anybody who has a relative or child in substance abuse has some idea of what this feels like.

"This is one of those worst-case scenarios. It will ultimately be a painful lesson and very expensive as far as time is concerned. I don't wish it on anybody, but then, you know, everybody's got difficult things in life."

Douglas has 9-year-old son Dylan and 6-year-old daughter Carys with wife Catherine Zeta-Jones.