I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friend... by Kirk Douglas

I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.

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Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. by Kirk Douglas

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

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Life is like a B-picture script. by Kirk Douglas

Life is like a B-picture script.

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Acting is a youthful profession. by Kirk Douglas

Acting is a youthful profession.

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I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my... by Kirk Douglas

I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life.

My mother once said, "A beggar must always give to another beggar that's worse off than he is." That has always stuck with me.

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You'll never see Spartacus in a (expletive) chair! by Kirk Douglas

You'll never see Spartacus in a (expletive) chair!

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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 .

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Streets crowded with people strolling, or sitting at outdoor cafes. And always, talking, gesturing, singing, laughing. I liked Rome immediately.Everybody was a performer.

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I went to Hollywood to test for Martha Ivers and I thought I was going to play the part that Van Heflin played.But they wanted me to play the part of Barbara Stanwyck's husband, so I played that. Then when I finished the movie, I went back to Broadway and did another flop.

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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 mixture of parts in my life.

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The first time I had got an offer to come to Hollywood, I turned it down. I said, "No, I'm an actor of the stage.

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I remember little things that break my heart. We were coming out of Michael's house one day, and he noticed my shoelaces were undone. He bent down and tied them. I almost cried. To me, it was such a gesture of love.

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Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't... by Kirk Douglas

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

"Hail to the Chief" was played, and the President got up and made a gracious opening remark. "I've been in this office for six years, and yet every time I hear that music, I turn around wondering who they're playing it for."

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The best wine comes from home, wherever it is. by Kirk Douglas

The best wine comes from home, wherever it is.

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I have been trying to create a campaign to have our country make an apology for slavery, for the way that blacks were treated before the Civil War and after the Civil War.

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I think the election of [Barack] Obama was a great step to prove to the world that we believe that all men were created equal. I think it will show that we have humility.

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When I made Spartacus during the McCarthy Era, we were losing our freedom. It was an awful, awful way. McCarthy saw Communists everywhere, in every level of government and they concentrated on Hollywood and especially on Hollywood writers.

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With John Wayne, we argued all the time and we made four pictures... by Kirk Douglas

With John Wayne, we argued all the time and we made four pictures.

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I think that [Barack] Obama was elected because young people are starting to get interested in their country and I think that's a very healthy thing.

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