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" Liberace was one of the biggest stars in America. He was a kind of a phenomenon. "

Michael Douglas

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

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" Women are now very comfortable to have babies into their late 30s. You can be a father in your 50s. I'm not saying it's for everybody, and I think people have to get their own life secure before they take on the responsibility of a partner and children. "

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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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" My movies are usually about stripping off the makeup, getting down to the skeleton. "

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" I have hardly ever worked with the same director twice. But when you have worked with a director before, you understand his behavior. "

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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've always worked hard and played hard, and I'm sure I'll be cleaning up my act in the future. "

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

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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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" 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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" I haven't played a lot of nice guys. "

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" Our economy is increasingly dependent on the success and integrity of the financial markets. "

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" The quality of health care in Canada is excellent. "

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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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" Retiring gives the impression that you're relieved that your job is over. "

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" Cancer has shown me what family is. It showed me a love that I never knew really existed. "

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

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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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" I've always liked Tina Turner. "

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" When you are a celebrity, nothing remains secret for very long. "

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" I believe there is a spirit within us, which we nurture based upon our efforts and what we bring to the world. But it doesn't come from the outside; it comes from the inside. "

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

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" My own parents divorced when I was six. I was raised with my brother Joel by our mother on the East Coast, visiting my father in Los Angeles during holidays. When your parents are divorced, you don't know anything else, do you? "

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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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" 'Wall Street' was a very important movie for me in terms of my career. I won an Oscar, and then the film 'Fatal Attraction' came right after it. "

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" In the movie 'Wall Street' I play Gordon Gekko, a greedy corporate executive who cheated to profit while innocent investors lost their savings. The movie was fiction, but the problem is real. "

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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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" I come from a tough stock. "

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