When I produced Spartacus, the writer was Dalton Trumbo, who spent a year in jail because he would not answer McCarthy's questions… — 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… — 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.… — 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
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
I think that [Barack] Obama was elected because young people are starting to get interested in their country and I think that's… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I was living in a terrible time when people were being accused of being communists, and they attacked the movie industry, especially… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I felt [It Runs in the Family] it was a picture that, after I'm gone, my family would like to see it.… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
Streets crowded with people strolling, or sitting at outdoor cafes. And always, talking, gesturing, singing, laughing. I liked Rome immediately.Everybody was a… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I'm concerned that the world is a mess. That's why when I wrote my last book, Let's Face It, I dedicated it… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
My four sons all knew I was a Jew, but they were allowed to be whatever they wanted to be. The only… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti... I love champions. A champion has something special about him. — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
Now, why is it that most of us can talk openly about the illnesses of our bodies, but when it comes to… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
People are composed of many things, and in my work, what influences me is the complexity of people - the chiaroscuro of… — 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
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