Author Profile
Michael Douglas
1944 • American • Actor
63
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 63 quotesActors, I have to say, most of the time, they elevate things; they don't screw things up most of the time.— Michael Douglas
My own parents divorced when I was six. I was raised with my brother Joel by our mother on the East Coast, visiting my father in Los Angeles during holidays. When your parents are divorced, you don't know anything else, do you?— Michael Douglas
The people who work in Wall Street still look up to Gordon Gekko. He's sort of a guru.— 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
'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' which my father had tried to get made for six, seven years, and I for four, was turned down by every studio. Every studio in the world had passed on it.— Michael Douglas
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
Chemotherapy takes its toll; the more you keep doing it, you lose your energy, and it gets more difficult to swallow.— Michael Douglas
Kids know. They know everything. I would err on the side of pretty much sharing everything.— Michael Douglas
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
'Five Easy Pieces,' 'Easy Rider' - those are indie pictures; those were not studio pictures. They had relationships with studio distribution, but they were indies.— Michael Douglas
My dad was a movie star. Having that name was good and bad. People think it's a silver spoon. It's not.— 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