London, Dec 2 - Veteran actor-filmmaker Clint Eastwood has refused to mark his 80th birthday next year and has banned his wife from getting him any gifts.

The Oscar-winner, who will turn 80 in May, is hoping no one tries to throw him a party, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

"Once you get in the 70s, several things happen. One is, you stop celebrating birthdays. I've forbidden my wife - I said, 'Please, no birthday things!'," the actor said.

"I don't need to pretend to open a gift and say, 'This is just what I wanted!'. I said, 'Don't get me anything. We'll just have a glass of wine.' Seventy-nine is not so bad. I might savour it for a while," he said.