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Best 66 Quotes by Kirk Douglas – Page 2 of 3

“Making movies is a form of narcissism.”

“My kids never had the advantages I had. I was born poor.”

“My mother and my father were illiterate immigrants from Russia. When I was a child they were constantly amazed that I could go to a building and take a book on any subject. They couldn't believe this access to knowledge we have here in America. They couldn't believe that it was free.”

“My mother once said, "A beggar must always give to another beggar that's worse off than he is." That has always stuck with me.”

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

“Now, why is it that most of us can talk openly about the illnesses of our bodies, but when it comes to our brain and illnesses of the mind we clam up and because we clam up, people with emotional disorders feel ashamed, stigmatized, and don't seek the help that can make the difference.”

“Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive.”

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“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.”

“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?”

“Really, a bad guy is more interesting, dramatically, than the good guy.”

“The best wine comes from home, wherever it is.”

“The biggest lie is the lie we tell ourselves in the distorted visions we have of ourselves, blocking out some sections, enhancing others. What remains are not the cold facts of life, but how we perceive them. That's really who we are.”

“The cure for depression is to think of others, to do for others. You can always find something to be grateful for.”

“The first thing I look for in a woman is warmth-femininity. It's got nothing to do with a pretty face.”

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“The older you get, the more awards you get. So, if you live long enough, then you get all the awards eventually.”

“The only advantage I have found in being Jewish is that I can be openly anti-Semitic.”

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“They say there is nothing new under the sun. Since I was born, our planet has traveled around it 100 times. With each orbit, I’ve watched our country and our world evolve in ways that would have been unimaginable to my parents – and continue to amaze me with each passing year.”

“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. The bad films everybody was high on. The good films, they advised me against.”

“Unfortunately, once I did learn to smoke, I couldn't stop. I escalated to two packs a day very quickly, and stayed that way for about ten years. When I decided to stop, I adopted the method that my father had used when he quit. He would carry a cigarette in his shirt pocket, and every time he felt like smoking, he would pull out the cigarette and confront it: "Who stronger? You? Me?" Always the answer was the same: "I stronger." Back the cigarette would go, until the next craving. It worked for him, and it worked for me.”

“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.”

“We look for wine when we should be hunting bread.”

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“When I produced Spartacus, the writer was Dalton Trumbo, who spent a year in jail because he would not answer McCarthy's questions about other people. He submitted the picture under the false name of Sam Jackson.”

“When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.”

“When you get old the worst thing is you lose so many friends.”

“When you get to my age, you find that most of your dear friends are gone.”

“Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive.”

“You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.”

“You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.”

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“You lose track of the human being behind the image of the movie star.”

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“What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder.”

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“In spite of everything, I shall rise again.”


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