Top 55 Quotes by Kirk Douglas

About Kirk Douglas

These are some quotes by American author Kirk Douglas Actor, who was born on December 9, 1916.

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.

Kirk Douglas

Cancer does give you a new rejuvenation. I know what it's like to be down. I lost a couple of good friends - Larry Hagman and Nick Ashford - who had the same type of cancer that I did, and that makes you think.

Kirk Douglas

Sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say, 'You're bright!' They're actually surprised I might be bright.

Sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say, 'You're bright!' They're actually surprised I might be bright.

Kirk Douglas

You know, sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say - you're bright! They're actually surprised I might be bright.

You know, sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say - you're bright! They're actually surprised I might be bright.

Kirk Douglas

I didn't think I was so tough until I did 'Champion'; then I was a tough guy.

I didn't think I was so tough until I did 'Champion'; then I was a tough guy.

Kirk Douglas

I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was good for me. Like many movie stars, I became all wrapped up in myself.

I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was good for me. Like many movie stars, I became all wrapped up in myself.

Kirk Douglas

I'm an actor; I have made my living by acting, and I almost think I owe it to the public to express my feelings and not as a character on a screen but as myself.

I'm an actor; I have made my living by acting, and I almost think I owe it to the public to express my feelings and not as a character on a screen but as myself.

Kirk Douglas

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?

Kirk Douglas

When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.

When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.

Kirk Douglas

My first job was on Broadway. Then I went into the Navy. When I came out of the Navy, I went back to Broadway and a friend of mine, Lauren Bacall, was in Hollywood filming with Humphrey Bogart. She told one of her producers I was great in my play, and he saw it and cast me in 'The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'.

Kirk Douglas

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