Kirk Douglas Quotes

If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.
Kirk Douglas

Find, Married, Looking

Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all.
Kirk Douglas

God, Mean, Listen

Acting is a youthful profession.
Kirk Douglas

Acting, Profession, Youthful

All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor.
Kirk Douglas

Children, Actor, Grow

Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more.
Kirk Douglas

Talent, Luck, Fame

Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things.
Kirk Douglas

Fear, Makes, Terrible

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.
Kirk Douglas

Poverty, Nowhere, Abject

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.
Kirk Douglas

Tell, Boss, Actor

I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life.
Kirk Douglas

Life, Women, Bad

I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was good for me. Like many movie stars, I became all wrapped up in myself.
Kirk Douglas

Life, Good, Stars

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.
Kirk Douglas

Wife, Play, Gave

I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.
Kirk Douglas

Best, Father, Friends

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.
Kirk Douglas

Thought, Wanted, Desire

If I have to speak in public, I am terrified.
Kirk Douglas

Speak, Public, Terrified

If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting.
Kirk Douglas

Life, Him, Thought

In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.
Kirk Douglas

Enough, Brave, Fail

Love has more depth as you get older.
Kirk Douglas

Love, Older, Depth

No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right.
Kirk Douglas

Bad, Matter, Speech

Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back?
Kirk Douglas

Wait, Talk, Silent

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.
Kirk Douglas

Great, Movies, Old

People are composed of many things, and in my work, what influences me is the complexity of people - the chiaroscuro of dark and light. When I play a strong guy, I try to find, where is he weak? And, conversely, when I play a weak guy, where is he strong?
Kirk Douglas

Work, Strong, Find

Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free.
Kirk Douglas

Down, Free, Sometimes

The learning process continues until the day you die.
Kirk Douglas

Learning, Die, Until

Too often, I have not been what I wanted to be; I've succumbed to pressures. Yes, I have. The things I've done that I liked, I've always done against advice.
Kirk Douglas

Done, Advice, Wanted

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.
Kirk Douglas

Smile, Nice, Nothing

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: December 9, 1916

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