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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People are goofy about the movie business, so you end up counting on friends you knew before you were successful. It is harder to make new friends because you are a little more cautious.

Michael Douglas

The studios basically, besides developing some material, their strength is distribution. Distribution in any other business is a cost that you incur. You know, in a trucking business, you eat it. In a film business, distribution is a profit center.

Michael Douglas

I love kids, and I love having had this second chance to have a family.

Michael Douglas

When I was working on pictures with my father, there were a couple leading ladies to whom I wish I'd expressed how I felt rather than being too cool or too shy.

Michael Douglas

The quality of health care in Canada is excellent.

Michael Douglas

Do you know what absolute happiness is? For me, it is to wake up my kids in the morning - these little pieces of innocence - to wake them and find they're so happy to see me! It is unequivocal love, no question about it.

Michael Douglas

My dad was a movie star. Having that name was good and bad. People think it's a silver spoon. It's not.

Michael Douglas

I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.

Michael Douglas

For an actor, it's great fun to play one of these hungry white sharks. Audiences love to hate them.

Michael Douglas

I had a great stepfather.

Michael Douglas

If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Michael Douglas

You just have to know what your responsibility is to the movie, and live up to that, and be considerate of the other actors in the scene... I have never been competitive in that way - I always want my leading ladies to be as good as they possibly can...

Michael Douglas

I don't look good in tights. I know that.

Michael Douglas

'King of California' was just, I thought, a really great, fresh, original kind of script. I loved the tone, the mix of tragedy, comedy, and drama, and that it was a good part.

Michael Douglas

Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it.

Michael Douglas

I have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father.

Michael Douglas

I've always worked hard and played hard, and I'm sure I'll be cleaning up my act in the future.

Michael Douglas

The arts are a celebration of life.

Michael Douglas

During my first marriage, my career was the most important thing in my life.

Michael Douglas

Women are now very comfortable to have babies into their late 30s. You can be a father in your 50s. I'm not saying it's for everybody, and I think people have to get their own life secure before they take on the responsibility of a partner and childr...

Michael Douglas

Learning patience was not an easy lesson.

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