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Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free. — Kirk Douglas

The only advantage I have found in being Jewish is that I can be openly anti-Semitic. — Kirk Douglas

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

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

If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married. — Kirk Douglas

Really a bad guy is more interesting, dramatically, than the good guy. — Kirk Douglas

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

Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all. — Kirk Douglas

All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor. — Kirk Douglas

Sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say, 'You're bright!' They're actually surprised I might be bright. — Kirk Douglas

Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe. — Kirk Douglas

Being seventy has its advantages. I was outspoken before, but now what have I got to keep quiet about? — Kirk Douglas

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up. — Kirk Douglas

I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. — Kirk Douglas

What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder. — Kirk Douglas

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

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

When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back. — Kirk Douglas

I guess I was a bad boy ... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life. — Kirk Douglas

I have studied religion, and I have concluded that there is some power. We don't understand it. — Kirk Douglas

Life is like a B-picture script. — Kirk Douglas

My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty. — Kirk Douglas

You have not learned to live until you have learned to give — Kirk Douglas

Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? — Kirk Douglas

In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail. — Kirk Douglas

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

I didn't think I was so tough until I did 'Champion'; then I was a tough guy. — Kirk Douglas

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

I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world. — Kirk Douglas

I was conscious of my father's fame from the time I was 6. — Kirk Douglas

With John Wayne, we argued all the time and we made four pictures. — Kirk Douglas

I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer. — Kirk Douglas

You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give. — Kirk Douglas

Virtue is not photogenic. — Kirk Douglas

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

Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. — Kirk Douglas

My kids never had the advantages I had. I was born poor. — Kirk Douglas

Love has more depth as you get older. — Kirk Douglas

When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does. — Kirk Douglas

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

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

The first thing I look for in a woman is warmth-femininity. It's got nothing to do with a pretty face. — Kirk Douglas

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity. — Kirk Douglas

The older you get, the more awards you get. So, if you live long enough, then you get all the awards eventually. — Kirk Douglas

I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor. — Kirk Douglas

I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal. — Jamie Lee Curtis

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

The best wine comes from home, wherever it is. — Kirk Douglas

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

Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things. — Kirk Douglas

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

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

If I have to speak in public, I am terrified. — Kirk Douglas

I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti ... I love champions. A champion has something special about him. — Kirk Douglas

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

The learning process continues until the day you die. — Kirk Douglas

Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive. — Kirk Douglas

When you get to my age, you find that most of your dear friends are gone. — Kirk Douglas

Acting is a youthful profession. — Kirk Douglas

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