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" Virtue is not photogenic, so I liked playing bad guys. But, whenever I played a bad guy, I tried to find something good in him, and that kept my contact with the audience. "

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" If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting. "

Kirk Douglas

Man

Think

Thought

" Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. "

" Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week. "

Kirk Douglas

Week

Work

" I have one computer that my wife gave me. All I know how to do, and I do it every day, is play Spider Solitaire. And I don't have a cell phone. "

" When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I talk slowly, people listen. They think I'm going to say something important! "

" Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody. "

" People are composed of many things, and in my work, what influences me is the complexity of people - the chiaroscuro of dark and light. When I play a strong guy, I try to find, where is he weak? And, conversely, when I play a weak guy, where is he strong? "

Kirk Douglas

People

Work

" When I first came to Hollywood, the blacklist was just starting, and they were having hearings in Washington. What most people don't know is the judge of these hearings himself was later convicted of misappropriation. 'Spartacus' helped break the blacklist, because Spartacus was a real character. "

" I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism. "

" The learning process continues until the day you die. "

" I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world. "

" No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right. "

Kirk Douglas

Matter

Bad

" I was conscious of my father's fame from the time I was 6. "

" God bless Dad, he came to every one of my shows. I was bad, and I had horrible stage fright. My dad was so relieved - he'd say, 'You were terrible; this kid is not going to be an actor.' Finally, I did a play and he said, 'Son - you were really good.' "

" All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor. "

" I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti... I love champions. A champion has something special about him. "

" Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all. "

" My first job was on Broadway. Then I went into the Navy. When I came out of the Navy, I went back to Broadway and a friend of mine, Lauren Bacall, was in Hollywood filming with Humphrey Bogart. She told one of her producers I was great in my play, and he saw it and cast me in 'The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'. "

Kirk Douglas

Love

Great

" In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail. "

" If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married. "

" Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free. "

" Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things. "

" What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder. "

" You know, sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say - you're bright! They're actually surprised I might be bright. "

Kirk Douglas

Look

Say

" I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted. "

" I'm an actor; I have made my living by acting, and I almost think I owe it to the public to express my feelings and not as a character on a screen but as myself. "

" I have studied religion, and I have concluded that there is some power. We don't understand it. "

" Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe. "

" When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back. "

" When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does. "