There's this kind of crazy tension between U.S. and Russia. We have our issues but I don't quite see that all of this posturing is helping anybody, the number of weapons that are on trigger alert is frightening. So the time for somebody to possibly make a mistake and correct it is very very short.

Michael Douglas

Categorized in : Politics

Someone reminded me I once said, 'Greed is good.' Now it seems it's legal.

Michael Douglas

greed-is-good greed said

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

passion fun mean

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.

Michael Douglas

great-year movie greed

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

political people son

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-disarmament differences leader

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

issues success class

It's a phenomenon that I see with young actors - a lot of American speaking parts going to British actors.

Michael Douglas

british actors young

When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.

Michael Douglas

passion hurt moving

There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life.

Michael Douglas

divorce crisis force

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-movie actors want

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

fans kind sports

Every empire eventually falls.

Michael Douglas

empires fall

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-order fun order

Greed is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed will save the U.S.A.!

Michael Douglas

greed-is-good greed business

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

couple morning mean

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

audience fun people

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

gossip age trying

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

crowds benefits careers

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-orphans beautiful mean

Chemotherapy takes its toll; the more you keep doing it, you lose your energy, and it gets more difficult to swallow.

Michael Douglas

chemotherapy tolls energy