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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Retiring gives the impression that you're relieved that your job is over.

Michael Douglas

Most of the stories I read are about my Hollywood pedigree.

Michael Douglas

My daughter is a horseback rider, so I try to watch her ride; we take holidays together.

Michael Douglas

Of course it's important to make mistakes, as long as you grow from them.

Michael Douglas

My mother is Bermudan, so I had a lot of memories when I was a kid, used to go down to Bermuda a lot.

Michael Douglas

When you are a celebrity, nothing remains secret for very long.

Michael Douglas

There are not a lot of sons or daughters of actors who have made it. Hollywood is awash with failures.

Michael Douglas

The thing with cancer is that you want to get it as early as you can.

Michael Douglas

When you've accomplished a certain amount in your career, you're not so focused on your ambitions.

Michael Douglas

'Wall Street' was a very important movie for me in terms of my career. I won an Oscar, and then the film 'Fatal Attraction' came right after it.

Michael Douglas

'Five Easy Pieces,' 'Easy Rider' - those are indie pictures; those were not studio pictures. They had relationships with studio distribution, but they were indies.

Michael Douglas

I don't know if likeable, pleasant characters have enough conflict for me to want to do them. I admire those people, but I've never been that kind of screen presence who can do nothing. I need to do something.

Michael Douglas

My own parents divorced when I was six. I was raised with my brother Joel by our mother on the East Coast, visiting my father in Los Angeles during holidays. When your parents are divorced, you don't know anything else, do you?

Michael Douglas

There is something about seeing rhinos and lions running free that excites you. It's not that you feel afraid; it's more like you're liberated by seeing them.

Michael Douglas

I was undeclared. I was in my third year of school. They said you have to decide upon a major, and my father was an actor. My mother was an actress. So, I thought theater might be the way to go.

Michael Douglas

'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' which my father had tried to get made for six, seven years, and I for four, was turned down by every studio. Every studio in the world had passed on it.

Michael Douglas

I'm a risk-taker. Most of my career has not been a joyful experience, but it has been challenging. I like the dangers.

Michael Douglas

There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life.

Michael Douglas

Cancer has shown me what family is. It showed me a love that I never knew really existed.

Michael Douglas

To me, Bermuda is a real family spot.

Michael Douglas

When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.

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