Quotes by Michael Douglas

About Michael Douglas:

Michael Kirk Douglas is an American film producer and actor of stage and screen whose career includes a diverse range of films in both independent and blockbuster films for which he has received a number of accolades both competitive and honorary; these include the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for "outstanding contribution to the world of entertainment" and the AFI Life Achievement Award which "honor[s] an individual whose career in motion pictures or television has greatly contributed to the enrichment of American culture".
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The so-called 'last golden age,' in the 1970s, most of those movies were independent films.

Michael Douglas

I think sometimes in relationships, ladies like having a man who takes care of them, nurtures them. If you can't find it in a man your own age, you find it in somebody who is older.

Michael Douglas

A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies.

Michael Douglas

My memories of Las Vegas were all with my father when I was, like, a teenager. He was best friends with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, and we'd come up and see the shows and go backstage afterwards and have dinner together. It was one of my first edu...

Michael Douglas

I don't think tongue cancer is the best cancer for an actor.

Michael Douglas

I don't know about Brad Pitt leaving that beautiful woman to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean how long is that going to last?

Michael Douglas

Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.

Michael Douglas

The message from national security experts and citizens around the world is clear: The only way to eliminate the global nuclear danger is to eliminate all nuclear weapons.

Michael Douglas

Cancer didn't bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.

Michael Douglas

I do think of myself as a bit of a loner, a bit of an independent. I'm one of those people who, when they're sick, like to curl up and remove myself. I don't like a lot of people around. There is nothing you can do to help.

Michael Douglas

In the movie 'Wall Street' I play Gordon Gekko, a greedy corporate executive who cheated to profit while innocent investors lost their savings. The movie was fiction, but the problem is real.

Michael Douglas

Chemotherapy takes its toll; the more you keep doing it, you lose your energy, and it gets more difficult to swallow.

Michael Douglas

Sometimes we spend more efforts with people that are strangers in terms of making an impression than the person that's closest to us. And you just gotta remember not to take for granted that person that's closest to you.

Michael Douglas

My father did 90-plus films. He was Spartacus!

Michael Douglas

Kids know. They know everything. I would err on the side of pretty much sharing everything.

Michael Douglas

I've always liked Tina Turner.

Michael Douglas

When I go on a holiday to a tropical place, I'll spray tan before I go.

Michael Douglas

I believe there is a spirit within us, which we nurture based upon our efforts and what we bring to the world. But it doesn't come from the outside; it comes from the inside.

Michael Douglas

Early on, someone had told me, 'You know, the camera can always tell when you're lying.' And, Jesus, that intimidated me. 'The camera can always tell? How am I going to do this?' Until one day I thought, 'Wait a minute, acting is lying. Acting is all...

Michael Douglas

Directors have so much else to do besides tell actors what to do. There are so many issues and problems.

Michael Douglas

Author Bio

  • NameMichael Douglas
  • Descriptionactor from the United States
  • AliasesMichael Kirk Douglas
  • BornSeptember 25, 1944
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Producer; Film Actor
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actor; Donostia Award