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" Being second generation in Hollywood is complicated: Success is expected, and yet the track record of the second generation is not great. Only a small group of us, like Jane Fonda, have succeeded. "

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" My four sons all knew I was a Jew, but they were allowed to be whatever they wanted to be. The only thing important to me was that they be good people who help other people, because all religion should try to make you a better person and a more caring person. Whenever religion does that for you, it's a good religion. "

Kirk Douglas

Help

Religion

Caring

" I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world. "

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

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

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

" My first job was on Broadway. Then I went into the Navy. When I came out of the Navy, I went back to Broadway and a friend of mine, Lauren Bacall, was in Hollywood filming with Humphrey Bogart. She told one of her producers I was great in my play, and he saw it and cast me in 'The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'. "

Kirk Douglas

Love

Great

" I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti... I love champions. A champion has something special about him. "

" When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back. "

" 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. "

" Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe. "

" Love has more depth as you get older. "

Kirk Douglas

Get

Depth

" Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free. "

" I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism. "

" Acting is a youthful profession. "

" If I have to speak in public, I am terrified. "

Kirk Douglas

Public

Terrified

" God bless Dad, he came to every one of my shows. I was bad, and I had horrible stage fright. My dad was so relieved - he'd say, 'You were terrible; this kid is not going to be an actor.' Finally, I did a play and he said, 'Son - you were really good.' "

" 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

Myself

Good

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

" 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

Nobody

Boss

" When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I talk slowly, people listen. They think I'm going to say something important! "

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

" The learning process continues until the day you die. "

" I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor. "

" I'm an actor; I have made my living by acting, and I almost think I owe it to the public to express my feelings and not as a character on a screen but as myself. "

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

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

" Cancer does give you a new rejuvenation. I know what it's like to be down. I lost a couple of good friends - Larry Hagman and Nick Ashford - who had the same type of cancer that I did, and that makes you think. "

" 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

Matter

Bad

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

" I was conscious of my father's fame from the time I was 6. "