Kirk Douglas quotes - page 2

Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. (Kirk Douglas)
People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so great. But I don't think so. All I can say about the old days is that they have passed. View quote
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Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things. View quote
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If I have to speak in public, I am terrified. View quote
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When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back. View quote
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I have one computer that my wife gave me. All I know how to do, and I do it every day, is play Spider Solitaire. And I don't have a cell phone. View quote
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I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. View quote
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Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all. View quote
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I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up. View quote
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Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive. View quote
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Acting is a youthful profession. (Kirk Douglas)
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. View quote
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I was living in a terrible time when people were being accused of being communists, and they attacked the movie industry, especially the writers. People couldn't work if they were on the blacklist. The studios banned them. It was the most onerous period in movie history. I don't think we have ever had a period so dark as that. View quote
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Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? View quote
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I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life. View quote
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Jo wanted to be pumped up before she went on to do a scene, she asked me to slap her... They did the scene over and over, never quite right. Every time she came over to me and asked me to hit her, and hit her harder. View quote
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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. View quote
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I've worked with Mankiewicz, Hawks, Kazan, Wyler, Wilder. I've been very fortunate. All of them work differently. I've even directed a couple of pictures, so I have respect for the work. But no matter what anyone says, it's a collaborative art form. I think the problem is that we've been contaminated by the European concept of the Auteur System. I've had movies where I bought the book, developed the script and cast the whole picture, but then the director walks in and says, "It must be a John Smith film." I think sometimes we emphasize that too much. View quote
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