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" My father did 90-plus films. He was Spartacus! "

Michael Douglas

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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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" A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies. "

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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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" 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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" 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 have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father. "

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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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" '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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" Learning patience was not an easy lesson. "

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

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

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" The studios basically, besides developing some material, their strength is distribution. Distribution in any other business is a cost that you incur. You know, in a trucking business, you eat it. In a film business, distribution is a profit center. "

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" Cancer didn't bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet. "

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" I've never been one to carefully calculate my career decisions, to sit on the outside looking in. I go with my passion and what moves me. "

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" To me, Bermuda is a real family spot. "

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

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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 try not to dwell too much on a bad marriage. "

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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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" Most of the stories I read are about my Hollywood pedigree. "

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" For an actor, it's great fun to play one of these hungry white sharks. Audiences love to hate them. "

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" I enjoy provocative things that are questionable. "

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