Michael Douglas Quotes

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Michael Douglas

Profession : Actor

Birth : September 25, 1944

'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

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.

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The one thing that men and women have in common - they both like the company of men.

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I come from a tough stock.

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I've always tried to kind of stretch my wings as an actor and do things that are different.

Michael Douglas

It's difficult for me to meet women because my crowd is much older. I know that for some of the young women I do meet, a relationship with me can be envisioned as a benefit to their career.

Michael Douglas

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

Michael Douglas

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

Michael Douglas

Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.

Michael Douglas

I met Michael Milken for the first time with Oliver Stone at the Drexel Burnham offices in Los Angeles.

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When you are a celebrity, nothing remains secret for very long.

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I'm a risk-taker. Most of my career has not been a joyful experience, but it has been challenging. I like the dangers.

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

I enjoy provocative things that are questionable.

Michael Douglas

Actors, I have to say, most of the time, they elevate things; they don't screw things up most of the time.

Michael Douglas

Directors have so much else to do besides tell actors what to do. There are so many issues and problems.

Michael Douglas

The message from national security experts and citizens around the world is clear: The only way to eliminate the global nuclear danger is to eliminate all nuclear weapons.

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Control is what gives you privacy.

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The arts are a celebration of life.

Michael Douglas

I've always been somebody who, when I started a picture, never knew what the next picture would be.

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