American - Actor | December 9, 1916 -
I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life.
Kirk Douglas
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In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.
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All my life, I have taken inventory at intervals. For example, when I became a movie actor and suddenly I had to deal with fame, money and playing so many roles, I lost myself. I said, 'Who am I?' And I wrote my first book to deal with that, 'The Ragman's Son.'
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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.
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The learning process continues until the day you die.
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When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back.
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Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free.
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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 flaws is more interesting.
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People are composed of many things, and in my work, what influences me is the complexity of people - the chiaroscuro of dark and light. When I play a strong guy, I try to find, where is he weak? And, conversely, when I play a weak guy, where is he strong?
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Love has more depth as you get older.
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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 knock on the door almost every night with a hobo begging for food. Even though we didn't even have enough to eat, my mother always found something to give them.
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Too often, I have not been what I wanted to be; I've succumbed to pressures. Yes, I have. The things I've done that I liked, I've always done against advice.
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