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

Michael Douglas

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" It's difficult for me to meet women because my crowd is much older. I know that for some of the young women I do meet, a relationship with me can be envisioned as a benefit to their career. "

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

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

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" I had a great stepfather. "

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" I think the quality of television, given the amount of time you have, how short you have, is proportionally so much better than most movies. "

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

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

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

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

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

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" I grew up on the East Coast and was going to go to an Ivy League School, but at the last minute I decided to be a hippy. It was the protest movements on the war, peace movements were going on at our university. It was a fantastic time. "

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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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" Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain. "

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" I've always been somebody who, when I started a picture, never knew what the next picture would be. "

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

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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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" Control is what gives you privacy. "

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" People are goofy about the movie business, so you end up counting on friends you knew before you were successful. It is harder to make new friends because you are a little more cautious. "

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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've just kind of been used to carrying movies. I look back and I'm just used to being in every single scene in a lot of pictures. "

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