Michael Douglas Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“If we confront anti-Semitism ... if we combat it individually and as a society, and use whatever platform we have to denounce it, we can stop the spread of this madness.”
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“My entire career is contemporary based, not by choice, but just by character. So, all the movies I've done, except for one in 40 years, are contemporary. But I never did an effects movie. So, I'm also a producer and I was really curious about how this whole thing went together.”
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“I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.”
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“I don't even know why, but my entire career is contemporary films. Entire career! There's no period movies - there's one - but there's no period movies, no special effects movies. I just do character studies and so, some of them are gonna bump into each other, but I love the challenge, with a good script. I love the challenge of playing not a very pleasant or attractive character that seduces an audience or wins an audience over by the end.”
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“Wherever arms flow, violence follows. Bullets replace ballots as the solution to political disputes.”
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“Since Catherine [Zeta-Jones] and I got together, I've cut back dramatically. My priorities changed, and I still love acting and all that, but not as much as I love watching my two kids grow up.”
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“Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it.”
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“Even when you're acting with a producing hat, when you're in every scene, you're really conscious of trying to make everybody as good as they are, because ultimately you're trying to make the best movie possible.”
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“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.”
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“You have to make entertaining movies. But like a good meal, it's nice to have a little food for thought after you walk out of the theater rather than just wiling away a couple of hours.”
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“Cancer did not bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.”
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“Suddenly you've worked yourself up to the top of the pecking order and you say to yourself, okay, this is going to be fun.”
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“Chemotherapy takes its toll; the more you keep doing it, you lose your energy, and it gets more difficult to swallow.”
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“There was a lot of tabloid journalism about my supposed sex addiction. Bullshit. It's all bullshit. I mean, come on, I never pretended to be a saint. But give me a break.”
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“There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life.”
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“Never knew how poor I was until I started making money.”
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“The hardest thing about sex scenes is that everybody is a judge. I don't know the last time you murdered somebody or blew anyone's brains out, but everyone has had sex and probably this morning, which means everyone has an opinion on how it should be done.”
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“I'm questioning it. We're trying to get a lot of money for health and education and I'm wondering... You look at these gangs, and I look back at Prohibition. When we didn't allow alcohol, what did we have? We had gangs. We had big gangs. It's something that needs to be discussed a little more. It's an economic issue and a violence issue.”
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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.”
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“I have met with political leaders, legislators, and diplomats, seeking the next steps to press in reducing and eliminating the nuclear threat in this century. I have participated in public coalitions developing programmes for action to combat the global rash of small arms. All are trying and making a difference.”
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“With little knowledge of what it meant to be a Jew, I found myself passionately defending the Jewish people. Now, half a century later, I have to defend my son. Anti-Semitism, I've seen, is like a disease that goes dormant, flaring up with the next political trigger.”
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“I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.”
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“Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.”
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“I went into rehab to save my marriage, but I wound up saving myself.”
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“I dont know about Brad Pitt leaving that beautiful woman to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean how long is that going to last?”
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“The one thing that men and women have in common - they both like the company of men.”
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“Money itself isn’t lost or made. It’s simply transferred from one perception to another.”
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“Out there is nothing but possibilities.”
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“Oh, I get it, it's simple. PG means the hero gets the girl, 15 means that the villain gets the girl, and 18 means everybody gets the girl.”
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