“My dad was a movie star. Having that name was good and bad. People think it's a …” — Michael Douglas

Like my father, like most actors, I was a pretty ambitious guy.

Actors, I have to say, most of the time, they elevate things; they don't screw things up most of the time.

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?

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