Michael Douglas

“My dad was a movie star. Having that name was good and bad. People think it's a silver spoon. It's not.”

“'King of California' was just, I thought, a really great, fresh, original kind of script. I loved the tone, the mix of tragedy, comedy, and drama, and that it was a good part.”

“I do think of myself as a bit of a loner, a bit of an independent. I'm one of those people who, when they're sick, like to curl up and remove myself. I don't like a lot of people around. There is nothing you can do to help.”

“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.”

“I've always worked hard and played hard, and I'm sure I'll be cleaning up my act in the future.”

“I don't know about Brad Pitt leaving that beautiful woman to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean how long is that going to last?”

“When you've accomplished a certain amount in your career, you're not so focused on your ambitions.”

“When you are a celebrity, nothing remains secret for very long.”

“Women are now very comfortable to have babies into their late 30s. You can be a father in your 50s. I'm not saying it's for everybody, and I think people have to get their own life secure before they take on the responsibility of a partner and children.”

“In the movie 'Wall Street' I play Gordon Gekko, a greedy corporate executive who cheated to profit while innocent investors lost their savings. The movie was fiction, but the problem is real.”

“The arts are a celebration of life.”

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

“I've just kind of been used to carrying movies. I look back and I'm just used to being in every single scene in a lot of pictures.”

“I went into rehab to save my marriage, but I wound up saving myself.”

“I don't wish ill will on anybody.”

“I've always liked Tina Turner.”

“Like my father, like most actors, I was a pretty ambitious guy.”

“Sometimes art imitates life.”

“I've been dying to do a Marvel picture for so long.”

“With 'Black Rain,' I spent a lot of time with homicide detectives, and I spent a lot of time with different brokers on 'Wall Street.' It helps get the rhythm of the piece and the tone, and how overplayed or underplayed it might be. That's also the magic of movies: You get to hang out and live these different lives.”