Virtue is not photogenic, so I liked playing bad guys. But, whenever I played a bad guy, I tried to find something… — 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
Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
When I first came to Hollywood, the blacklist was just starting, and they were having hearings in Washington. What most people don't… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe. — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I was going to play in First Blood, but I suggested to changing it and I dropped out. I said to [Silvester]… — 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
![“I was going to play in First Blood, but I suggested to changing it and I dropped out. I said to [Silvester] Stallone, 'You know, I almost stopped you from making millions of dollars,' because in my suggestion, I killed his character at the end of the picture .” quote by Kirk Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/55a/kirk-douglas-4420_blood_i-was-going-to-play-in-first-blood-but-i_3003696.jpg)
