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" I met Michael Milken for the first time with Oliver Stone at the Drexel Burnham offices in Los Angeles. "

Michael Douglas

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" Kids know. They know everything. I would err on the side of pretty much sharing everything. "

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" I was there the night John Lennon was shot, three blocks away. It left a lasting impression on me. "

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" Directing talent is very nebulous. You know, it's not in front of you like an actor's performance. "

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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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" Capitalism is part of our system, but it's not for the faint of heart. "

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" I think sometimes in relationships, ladies like having a man who takes care of them, nurtures them. If you can't find it in a man your own age, you find it in somebody who is older. "

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" I don't wish ill will on anybody. "

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" I was undeclared. I was in my third year of school. They said you have to decide upon a major, and my father was an actor. My mother was an actress. So, I thought theater might be the way to go. "

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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 Cold War's end pushed disarmament down most leaders' agendas. It's a sophisticated issue, which I think is one reason why it is not so hands-on to many people. It's not visceral. It's not like a starving child. "

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" With 'Black Rain,' I spent a lot of time with homicide detectives, and I spent a lot of time with different brokers on 'Wall Street.' It helps get the rhythm of the piece and the tone, and how overplayed or underplayed it might be. That's also the magic of movies: You get to hang out and live these different lives. "

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" Religion has certainly been shoved down my throat. "

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" My dad was a movie star. Having that name was good and bad. People think it's a silver spoon. It's not. "

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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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" It took me too long to realise that if you go to a marriage counsellor to resolve problems, it's in his interest to keep the marriage going. "

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" Like my father, like most actors, I was a pretty ambitious guy. "

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" There are not a lot of sons or daughters of actors who have made it. Hollywood is awash with failures. "

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" The thing with cancer is that you want to get it as early as you can. "

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" I've been dying to do a Marvel picture for so long. "

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" I'm an optimistic guy. "

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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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" Like a lovely orchid, or anything else that's nurtured, marriage prospers and grows, but if it's ignored, it withers. "

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" I tell my kids they are going to live to over 100. "

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" I never really look at my movies. "

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" 'King of California' was just, I thought, a really great, fresh, original kind of script. I loved the tone, the mix of tragedy, comedy, and drama, and that it was a good part. "

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" Do you know what absolute happiness is? For me, it is to wake up my kids in the morning - these little pieces of innocence - to wake them and find they're so happy to see me! It is unequivocal love, no question about it. "

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" The arts are a celebration of life. "

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

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