I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I'm an actor; I have made my living by acting, and I almost think I owe it to the public to express… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor. — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
All my life, I have taken inventory at intervals. For example, when I became a movie actor and suddenly I had to… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
God bless Dad, he came to every one of my shows. I was bad, and I had horrible stage fright. My dad… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
If I can get enough signatures, to present an apology to slavery, I will present it to the President. The House of Representatives has… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
When I produced Spartacus, the writer was Dalton Trumbo, who spent a year in jail because he would not answer McCarthy's questions about other… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
When you get old the worst thing is you lose so many friends. Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne. People who I loved to… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
Know what a loner is? He's a born cripple. He's a cripple because the only person he can live with is himself. It's his… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
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… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
On a crowded bus in Israel, a mother was speaking to her son in Yiddish. An Israeli woman reprimanded her. "You should be speaking… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity. — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I've played some good guys as well, in Spartacus, Paths of Glory and my favorite picture, Lonely Are the Brave, so I had a… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
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. — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
When you get to my age, you find that most of your dear friends are gone. — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
