Michael Douglas Quotes

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Michael Douglas

Profession : Actor

Birth : September 25, 1944

I haven't played a lot of nice guys.

Michael Douglas

I've always worked hard and played hard, and I'm sure I'll be cleaning up my act in the future.

Michael Douglas

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

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

Michael Douglas

Sometimes we spend more efforts with people that are strangers in terms of making an impression than the person that's closest to us. And you just gotta remember not to take for granted that person that's closest to you.

Michael Douglas

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

When you've accomplished a certain amount in your career, you're not so focused on your ambitions.

Michael Douglas

Like a lovely orchid, or anything else that's nurtured, marriage prospers and grows, but if it's ignored, it withers.

Michael Douglas

Kids know. They know everything. I would err on the side of pretty much sharing everything.

Michael Douglas

If your work isn't exciting, doesn't stir the emotions, where's the challenge? Where's the progress if you always play it safe?

Michael Douglas

There is something about seeing rhinos and lions running free that excites you. It's not that you feel afraid; it's more like you're liberated by seeing them.

Michael Douglas

I've never been one to carefully calculate my career decisions, to sit on the outside looking in. I go with my passion and what moves me.

Michael Douglas

I have hardly ever worked with the same director twice. But when you have worked with a director before, you understand his behavior.

Michael Douglas

I never really look at my movies.

Michael Douglas

The people who work in Wall Street still look up to Gordon Gekko. He's sort of a guru.

Michael Douglas

When I was working on pictures with my father, there were a couple leading ladies to whom I wish I'd expressed how I felt rather than being too cool or too shy.

Michael Douglas

Capitalism is part of our system, but it's not for the faint of heart.

Michael Douglas

The Cold War's end pushed disarmament down most leaders' agendas. It's a sophisticated issue, which I think is one reason why it is not so hands-on to many people. It's not visceral. It's not like a starving child.

Michael Douglas

Celebrity gets you access to world leaders.

Michael Douglas

I was undeclared. I was in my third year of school. They said you have to decide upon a major, and my father was an actor. My mother was an actress. So, I thought theater might be the way to go.

Michael Douglas