Kirk Douglas Quotes
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It's tough to make a movie about movies... We're all too close to it. But 'The Bad and the Beautiful' was very good.
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Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free.
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If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.
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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.
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I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.
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When I first came to Hollywood, the blacklist was just starting, and they were having hearings in Washington. What most people don't know is the judge of these hearings himself was later convicted of misappropriation. 'Spartacus' helped break the blacklist, because Spartacus was a real character.
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Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe.
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Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody.
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I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism.
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I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti... I love champions. A champion has something special about him.
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Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all.
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The foreign directors are always fumbling about in obscurity, and the critics are always writing about the juxtaposition of black and white and the existential dilemma and all that shit, to disguise the fact that they don't understand the first damn thing about it either.
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I studied Judaism a lot. I studied religion in general, and I have never imposed my Judaism on my kids. They are what they want to be. I think... you must care for others. That's the correct religion, I think.
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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!
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Love has more depth as you get older.
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The learning process continues until the day you die.
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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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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.
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I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.
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Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more.
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All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor.
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Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back?
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Compared to Thoreau, Saint Francis of Assisi was peanuts.
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I didn't think I was so tough until I did 'Champion'; then I was a tough guy.