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Kirk Douglas quotes: Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free. Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free.
Kirk Douglas quotes: The only advantage I have found in being Jewish is that I can be openly anti-Semitic. The only advantage I have found in being Jewish is that I can be openly anti-Semitic.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody. Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody.
Kirk Douglas quotes: The first time I had got an offer to come to Hollywood, I turned it down. I said, 'No, I'm an actor of the stage.' The first time I had got an offer to come to Hollywood, I turned it down. I said, 'No, I'm an actor of the stage.'
Kirk Douglas quotes: If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married. If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Really a bad guy is more interesting, dramatically, than the good guy. Really a bad guy is more interesting, dramatically, than the good guy.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all. Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.
Kirk Douglas quotes: All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor. All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say, 'You're bright!' They're actually surprised I might be bright. Sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say, 'You're bright!' They're actually surprised I might be bright.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe. Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Being seventy has its advantages. I was outspoken before, but now what have I got to keep quiet about? Being seventy has its advantages. I was outspoken before, but now what have I got to keep quiet about?
Kirk Douglas quotes: I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up. I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I think that [Barack] Obama was elected because young people are starting to get interested in their country and I think that's a very healthy thing. I think that [Barack] Obama was elected because young people are starting to get interested in their country and I think that's a very healthy thing.
Kirk Douglas quotes: What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder. What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder.
Kirk Douglas quotes: When you get old the worst thing is you lose so many friends. Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne. People who I loved to work with. When you get old the worst thing is you lose so many friends. Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne. People who I loved to work with.
Kirk Douglas quotes: It's tough to make a movie about movies ... We're all too close to it. But 'The Bad and the Beautiful' was very good. It's tough to make a movie about movies ... We're all too close to it. But 'The Bad and the Beautiful' was very good.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I guess I was a bad boy ... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life. I guess I was a bad boy ... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I have studied religion, and I have concluded that there is some power. We don't understand it. I have studied religion, and I have concluded that there is some power. We don't understand it.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Life is like a B-picture script. Life is like a B-picture script.
Kirk Douglas quotes: My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty. My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty.
Kirk Douglas quotes: You have not learned to live until you have learned to give You have not learned to live until you have learned to give
Kirk Douglas quotes: Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back?
Kirk Douglas quotes: In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail. In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Life is like a B-picture script. It is that corny. If I had my life story offered to me to film, I'd turn it down. Life is like a B-picture script. It is that corny. If I had my life story offered to me to film, I'd turn it down.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I didn't think I was so tough until I did 'Champion'; then I was a tough guy. I didn't think I was so tough until I did 'Champion'; then I was a tough guy.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I have one computer that my wife gave me. All I know how to do, and I do it every day, is play Spider Solitaire. And I don't have a I have one computer that my wife gave me. All I know how to do, and I do it every day, is play Spider Solitaire. And I don't have a cell phone.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world. I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I was conscious of my father's fame from the time I was 6. I was conscious of my father's fame from the time I was 6.
Kirk Douglas quotes: With John Wayne, we argued all the time and we made four pictures. With John Wayne, we argued all the time and we made four pictures.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer. I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer.
Kirk Douglas quotes: You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give. You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.
Kirk Douglas quotes: If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting. If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism. I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more.
Kirk Douglas quotes: My kids never had the advantages I had. I was born poor. My kids never had the advantages I had. I was born poor.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Love has more depth as you get older. Love has more depth as you get older.
Kirk Douglas quotes: When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does. When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss. I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I have always been grateful that my Russian mother and father came to this country to give me a better chance, and I have had a better chance. I have always been grateful that my Russian mother and father came to this country to give me a better chance, and I have had a better chance.
Kirk Douglas quotes: The first thing I look for in a woman is warmth-femininity. It's got nothing to do with a pretty face. The first thing I look for in a woman is warmth-femininity. It's got nothing to do with a pretty face.
Kirk Douglas quotes: You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity. You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.
Kirk Douglas quotes: The older you get, the more awards you get. So, if you live long enough, then you get all the awards eventually. The older you get, the more awards you get. So, if you live long enough, then you get all the awards eventually.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor. I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor.
Kirk Douglas quotes: No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right. No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Virtue is not photogenic. Virtue is not photogenic.
Kirk Douglas quotes: When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back. When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things. Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive
Kirk Douglas quotes: I never wanted to be in movies. In a sense, I'm still a failure because I wanted to be a star on the stage. I never wanted to be in movies. In a sense, I'm still a failure because I wanted to be a star on the stage.
Kirk Douglas quotes: If I have to speak in public, I am terrified. If I have to speak in public, I am terrified.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti ... I love champions. A champion has something special about him. I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti ... I love champions. A champion has something special about him.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Maybe there is no peace in this world. I don't know ... But I know as long as we live we must stay true to ourselves. Maybe there is no peace in this world. I don't know ... But I know as long as we live we must stay true to ourselves.
Kirk Douglas quotes: The learning process continues until the day you die. The learning process continues until the day you die.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive. Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive.
Kirk Douglas quotes: When you get to my age, you find that most of your dear friends are gone. When you get to my age, you find that most of your dear friends are gone.
Kirk Douglas quotes: Acting is a youthful profession. Acting is a youthful profession.
Kirk Douglas quotes: I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted. I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.
Kirk Douglas quotes: The best wine comes from home, wherever it is. The best wine comes from home, wherever it is.

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