I think I’ve enjoyed being more comfortable with myself and liking myself more – and not being quite as self-critical, and, I don’t like the lack of stamina. The stamina you used to take for granted, and now you’re hoping for more. Michael Douglas More Quotes by Michael Douglas More Quotes From Michael Douglas Someone reminded me I once said, 'Greed is good.' Now it seems it's legal. Michael Douglas greed-is-goodgreedsaid What it was like to kiss Matt Damon? You know, it doesn't matter, does it, if it's a man or a woman. It's a kiss. We had to show affection in some places, love, passion in other places. A kiss is just a kiss. I mean, we'd have our fun. You know, "Matt, what flavour lip gloss would you like me to wear today?" When I see the movie I'm so proud that a few minutes go by and I forget that it's Matt and I, and halfway through I forget it's two guys. The arguments sound the same as arguments a guy has with his wife. Michael Douglas passionfunmean Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Michael Douglas great-yearmoviegreed With little knowledge of what it meant to be a Jew, I found myself passionately defending the Jewish people. Now, half a century later, I have to defend my son. Anti-Semitism, I've seen, is like a disease that goes dormant, flaring up with the next political trigger. Michael Douglas politicalpeopleson I have met with political leaders, legislators, and diplomats, seeking the next steps to press in reducing and eliminating the nuclear threat in this century. I have participated in public coalitions developing programmes for action to combat the global rash of small arms. All are trying and making a difference. Michael Douglas nuclear-disarmamentdifferencesleader It's important to save your money. We need it for the long haul but too many Americans don't save and don't invest. It used to be that people would be proud of the fact that they were middle class. You'd have your church and buy a house and you had a car and everything else. Now, it's really, really tough. Everybody has financial issues except for the one percent. Michael Douglas issuessuccessclass It's a phenomenon that I see with young actors - a lot of American speaking parts going to British actors. Michael Douglas britishactorsyoung When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move. Michael Douglas passionhurtmoving There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life. Michael Douglas divorcecrisisforce A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies. Michael Douglas good-movieactorswant That's why I'm such a big sports fan, with sports you can never guess what's gonna happen. Most movies you get halfway through and you can kind of guess the ending. Michael Douglas fanskindsports Every empire eventually falls. Michael Douglas empiresfall Suddenly you've worked yourself up to the top of the pecking order and you say to yourself, okay, this is going to be fun. Michael Douglas pecking-orderfunorder Greed is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed will save the U.S.A.! Michael Douglas greed-is-goodgreedbusiness I've gotten burnt the last few years on a couple of little independent films where you get paid nothing, you work your ass off, there's no marketing budget except you going on every talk show. But you're seeing it all over. I mean, these disasters at NBC, with the morning show. Michael Douglas couplemorningmean I never thought about the gayness. Liberace just looked like he was having so much fun. And that whole idea of talking directly to the audience, you just went along with him. He made you happy. And he's finally getting acknowledged for all the Elton John, Lady Gaga, Madonna theatrics now that people are looking at his old costumes. Michael Douglas audiencefunpeople In this whole digital age, where everything is so exposed, rather than trying to keep something private, you try to get out ahead of the curve and limit the amount of gossip. Michael Douglas gossipagetrying It's difficult for me to meet women because my crowd is much older. I know that for some of the young women I do meet, a relationship with me can be envisioned as a benefit to their career. Michael Douglas crowdsbenefitscareers I dont know about Brad Pitt leaving that beautiful woman to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean how long is that going to last? Michael Douglas widows-and-orphansbeautifulmean Chemotherapy takes its toll; the more you keep doing it, you lose your energy, and it gets more difficult to swallow. Michael Douglas chemotherapytollsenergy
