60 Michael Douglas Quotes for You to Enjoy

Michael Douglas

American Actor

Born: Sep 25, 1944

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Directing talent is very nebulous. You know, it's not in front of you like an actor's performance. Michael Douglas

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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

I grew up on the East Coast and was going to go to an Ivy League School, but at the last minute I decided to be a hippy. It was the protest movements on the war, peace movements were going on at our university. It was a fantastic time. Michael Douglas

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Serious is when they tell you, 'You've got cancer.' Cancer is serious, but then the rest of it is not. Michael Douglas

You Cancer Rest Tell Got Then Serious

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 children. Michael Douglas

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I come from a tough stock. Michael Douglas

Tough Come Stock

Religion has certainly been shoved down my throat. Michael Douglas

Religion Down Throat Been Certainly

My marriage and my families come certainly before my career. Michael Douglas

Marriage Before Come Families Certainly Career

Our economy is increasingly dependent on the success and integrity of the financial markets. Michael Douglas

Success Integrity Financial Increasingly Our Markets Financial Markets Economy Dependent

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

Paul Rudd is ripped. Michael Douglas

Ripped Paul

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

Made Daughters Sons Failures Lot Hollywood Who Actor

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

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

Love Family Second Chance Kids Having Had Second Chance

I went into rehab to save my marriage, but I wound up saving myself. Michael Douglas

Myself Marriage Rehab Saving Wound Up Save

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

Love Family Me Cancer Never Knew Existed Really Shown

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

You Cancer Get Want Thing Early

Liberace was a lovely guy. Michael Douglas

Liberace Guy Lovely

I haven't played a lot of nice guys. Michael Douglas

Nice Guys Lot Nice Guys Played

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

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I tell my kids they are going to live to over 100. Michael Douglas

Live Kids Tell Over Going

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 educations about stars and how they really are back stage. Michael Douglas

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'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

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