21 Quotes & Sayings By Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas is an American actor, producer, and businessman. He has won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Liberace in the 1987 film "The Great Lover", a Golden Globe Award for his lead role in the TV series "The Streets of San Francisco", a Primetime Emmy Award for his portrayal of William T. Grant in the TV series "The New Adventures of Robin Hood", and a Tony Award for his leading role as Liberace in the Broadway musical "Behind the Candelabra". In 2002, he received from the French government the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Read more

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Money never sleeps, pal Michael Douglas
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When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move. Michael Douglas
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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
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I have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father. Michael Douglas
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The studios basically, besides developing some material, their strength is distribution. Distribution in any other business is a cost that you incur. You know, in a trucking business, you eat it. In a film business, distribution is a profit center. Michael Douglas
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Learning patience was not an easy lesson. Michael Douglas
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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
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There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life. Michael Douglas
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I guess there are some women who like older men, but it's a smaller group. Michael Douglas
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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
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My movies are usually about stripping off the makeup, getting down to the skeleton. Michael Douglas
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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
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I went into rehab to save my marriage, but I wound up saving myself. Michael Douglas
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Like a lovely orchid, or anything else that's nurtured, marriage prospers and grows, but if it's ignored, it withers. Michael Douglas
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I try not to dwell too much on a bad marriage. Michael Douglas
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My marriage and my families come certainly before my career. Michael Douglas
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During my first marriage, my career was the most important thing in my life. Michael Douglas
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I have nothing against her, and in fact I'm very fond of my first wife. But we should have ended that marriage eight or 10 years earlier. Michael Douglas
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It took me too long to realise that if you go to a marriage counsellor to resolve problems, it's in his interest to keep the marriage going. Michael Douglas
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I don't smile a lot in my pictures. I'm always so... grim. Michael Douglas