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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. "

Michael Douglas

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Control is what gives you privacy. "

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

" I guess there are some women who like older men, but it's a smaller group. "

Michael Douglas

Older

Men

" I don't smile a lot in my pictures. I'm always so... grim. "

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

Michael Douglas

Kind

America

" I never really look at my movies. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I'm an optimistic guy. "

Michael Douglas

Optimistic

Guy

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

" I come from a tough stock. "

" 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. "

" There is something about seeing rhinos and lions running free that excites you. It's not that you feel afraid; it's more like you're liberated by seeing them. "

" 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.' "

Michael Douglas

You

Camera

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

" 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. "

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

Michael Douglas

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Lovely

" My daughter is a horseback rider, so I try to watch her ride; we take holidays together. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I don't think tongue cancer is the best cancer for an actor. "

" Celebrity gets you access to world leaders. "