Michael Douglas Quotes (31 Quotes)


    We did the first one as good as you can. You can't make the special effects any better. There was no reason to do it. They offered it to me years ago, and I just saw no reason to do it.

    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.

    There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life.

    At the end of the day, we simply run out of people and time to drive the commercialization component.



    Sure, why not. You close your eyes once in a while, put on a Richard Burton accent maybe - something from the home country, it gives a little variety, the spice of life.

    I would be the villain. She'd have a different love interest.

    I believe the community and regional biotechnology organizations and interests outside our universities might be aided by having a person familiar with university research activities and the mindset of university faculty members regarding the transfer of their intellectual work product into new technologies and economic development. That is a perspective I can offer, given my familiarity with both academic and corporate arenas.

    Greed, for lack of a better word, is good Greed is right Greed works Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms.

    The one thing that men and women have in common - they both like the company of men.

    A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies.

    I don't know about Brad Pitt leaving that beautiful woman to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean how long is that going to last?

    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.

    Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.


    The biggest surprise was we found out Eva is one incredible shot. We used live ammo, and let me tell you, the girl can shoot a gun.

    Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it.

    We did a series of target shooting with live ammunition. Eva is an unbelievable shot. She shot better than 90 of the police officers out there.

    I hear this thing about how calculated business decisions have influenced my choice of pictures. But it's just not true.

    I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.

    She is such a tremendous spokesperson for Britain in general, and Wales in particular, that it hurt to see how she was treated in this whole process.

    When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.

    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.

    Tens of thousands of lives have been saved and millions more improved as a result of the decision and commitment of this man and the inspiration that he leads.

    I've always tried to kind of stretch my wings as an actor and do things that are different.

    People seem to let their hair down a little bit and loosen their ties. And there is a lot of give and share that's going on both in front on the panels and behind.

    For an actor, it's great fun to play one of these hungry white sharks. Audiences love to hate them.

    Actors have always done well playing the bad guys in movies. Audiences enjoy bad guys because through these characters, normal people are able to experience, vicariously, what its like to be vicious, nasty, and amoral. Kindness is not rewarded very much as far as drama is concerned.

    Never knew how poort I was until I started making money.

    We are all an extended family, and we are listening to you and understand how you embrace the condition of your school. ... It was very moving to hear you speak.

    It's usually very busy from spring onwards. Some weeks I've been doing three or four estimates a day. Most people generally like the area and the house they live in but just want more room.


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