All Kirk Douglas Quotes
- You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity. Adversity
- Acting is a youthful profession. Acting
- All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor. Actor
- Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. Fame
- Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things. Awful
- I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up. Abject
- 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 my boss. Actor
- I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life. Bad
- 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.… All
- I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. Best
- 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. Actor
- If I have to speak in public, I am terrified. Funny
- 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… Committed
- Love has more depth as you get older. Depth
- 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,… All
- Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? Actor
- Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free. Down
- What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder. America
- When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does. Change
- I was living in a terrible time when people were being accused of being communists, and they attacked the movie industry, especially the writers. People… Accused
- My mother, we were a very poor family. When I was a kid, we would be in our little room, and there would be a… Almost Every
- I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti... I love champions. A champion has something special about him. Andretti
- I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world. Catastrophe
- I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism. All
- 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,… Audience