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" My mother and father met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was a senior and she was a junior, and their marriage didn't last very long. "

Michael Douglas

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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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" You just have to know what your responsibility is to the movie, and live up to that, and be considerate of the other actors in the scene... I have never been competitive in that way - I always want my leading ladies to be as good as they possibly can be. "

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

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

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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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" 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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" 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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" My memories of Las Vegas were all with my father when I was, like, a teenager. He was best friends with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, and we'd come up and see the shows and go backstage afterwards and have dinner together. It was one of my first educations about stars and how they really are back stage. "

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

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" I've always liked Tina Turner. "

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" I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while. "

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

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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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" When I go on a holiday to a tropical place, I'll spray tan before I go. "

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

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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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" The people who work in Wall Street still look up to Gordon Gekko. He's sort of a guru. "

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" Directors have so much else to do besides tell actors what to do. There are so many issues and problems. "

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