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" Serious is when they tell you, 'You've got cancer.' Cancer is serious, but then the rest of it is not. "

Michael Douglas

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

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" Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it. "

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" Control is what gives you privacy. "

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" I do think of myself as a bit of a loner, a bit of an independent. I'm one of those people who, when they're sick, like to curl up and remove myself. I don't like a lot of people around. There is nothing you can do to help. "

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

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" I come from a tough stock. "

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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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" I never really look at my movies. "

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" Sometimes we spend more efforts with people that are strangers in terms of making an impression than the person that's closest to us. And you just gotta remember not to take for granted that person that's closest to you. "

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" Sometimes art imitates life. "

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

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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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" 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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" During my first marriage, my career was the most important thing in my life. "

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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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" 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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" 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 have nothing against her, and in fact I'm very fond of my first wife. But we should have ended that marriage eight or 10 years earlier. "

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" The so-called 'last golden age,' in the 1970s, most of those movies were independent films. "

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" I don't know if likeable, pleasant characters have enough conflict for me to want to do them. I admire those people, but I've never been that kind of screen presence who can do nothing. I need to do something. "

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" All the pictures I do are contemporary. I've sort of discovered I haven't really been into science fiction or period pictures. And so, in that vein, psychological thrillers play a big part. "

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" I love kids, and I love having had this second chance to have a family. "

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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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" Early on, someone had told me, 'You know, the camera can always tell when you're lying.' And, Jesus, that intimidated me. 'The camera can always tell? How am I going to do this?' Until one day I thought, 'Wait a minute, acting is lying. Acting is all about lying.' "

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" My marriage and my families come certainly before my career. "

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" If your work isn't exciting, doesn't stir the emotions, where's the challenge? Where's the progress if you always play it safe? "

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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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