Kirk Douglas Quotes

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Kirk Douglas

Profession : Actor

Birth : December 9, 1916

If I have to speak in public, I am terrified.

Kirk Douglas

When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I talk slowly, people listen. They think I'm going to say something important!

Kirk Douglas

Acting is a youthful profession.

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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

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

Kirk Douglas

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

Kirk Douglas

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

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I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was good for me. Like many movie stars, I became all wrapped up in myself.

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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

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

Kirk Douglas

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

Kirk Douglas

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

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Too often, I have not been what I wanted to be; I've succumbed to pressures. Yes, I have. The things I've done that I liked, I've always done against advice.

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You know, sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say - you're bright! They're actually surprised I might be bright.

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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.

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Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free.

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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.

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Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week.

Kirk Douglas

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

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