Michael Douglas Quotes

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Michael Douglas

Profession : Actor

Birth : September 25, 1944

My movies are usually about stripping off the makeup, getting down to the skeleton.

Michael Douglas

Liberace was one of the biggest stars in America. He was a kind of a phenomenon.

Michael Douglas

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

Michael Douglas

Of course I feel blessed that I have a wife that is 25 years younger.

Michael Douglas

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

People are goofy about the movie business, so you end up counting on friends you knew before you were successful. It is harder to make new friends because you are a little more cautious.

Michael Douglas

For a long time, I can't say I was one who really enjoyed acting. I was always censoring it, or editing it, or analyzing it, rather than just going with it.

Michael Douglas

When I go on a holiday to a tropical place, I'll spray tan before I go.

Michael Douglas

I don't ever do those kind of epic, huge, green-screen movies.

Michael Douglas

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

Michael Douglas

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

I guess there are some women who like older men, but it's a smaller group.

Michael Douglas

Retiring gives the impression that you're relieved that your job is over.

Michael Douglas

Sometimes art imitates life.

Michael Douglas

My mother and father met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was a senior and she was a junior, and their marriage didn't last very long.

Michael Douglas

Most of the stories I read are about my Hollywood pedigree.

Michael Douglas

I try not to dwell too much on a bad marriage.

Michael Douglas

I do think of myself as a bit of a loner, a bit of an independent. I'm one of those people who, when they're sick, like to curl up and remove myself. I don't like a lot of people around. There is nothing you can do to help.

Michael Douglas

Religion has certainly been shoved down my throat.

Michael Douglas