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" I haven't played a lot of nice guys. "
Michael Douglas
Played
Nice Guys
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" 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' which my father had tried to get made for six, seven years, and I for four, was turned down by every studio. Every studio in the world had passed on it. "
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" I have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father. "
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" People are goofy about the movie business, so you end up counting on friends you knew before you were successful. It is harder to make new friends because you are a little more cautious. "
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" Retiring gives the impression that you're relieved that your job is over. "
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" For a long time, I can't say I was one who really enjoyed acting. I was always censoring it, or editing it, or analyzing it, rather than just going with it. "
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" Of course I feel blessed that I have a wife that is 25 years younger. "
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" I'm an optimistic guy. "
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" Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it. "
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" I went into rehab to save my marriage, but I wound up saving myself. "
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" The people who work in Wall Street still look up to Gordon Gekko. He's sort of a guru. "
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" I'm a risk-taker. Most of my career has not been a joyful experience, but it has been challenging. I like the dangers. "
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" When I go on a holiday to a tropical place, I'll spray tan before I go. "
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" I grew up on the East Coast and was going to go to an Ivy League School, but at the last minute I decided to be a hippy. It was the protest movements on the war, peace movements were going on at our university. It was a fantastic time. "
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" During my first marriage, my career was the most important thing in my life. "
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" 'Five Easy Pieces,' 'Easy Rider' - those are indie pictures; those were not studio pictures. They had relationships with studio distribution, but they were indies. "
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" Actors, I have to say, most of the time, they elevate things; they don't screw things up most of the time. "
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" My daughter is a horseback rider, so I try to watch her ride; we take holidays together. "
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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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" I don't ever do those kind of epic, huge, green-screen movies. "
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" To me, Bermuda is a real family spot. "
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" I've just kind of been used to carrying movies. I look back and I'm just used to being in every single scene in a lot of pictures. "
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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 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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