Kirk Douglas

Life is like a B-picture script. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#life-metaphor #metaphor #life

Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#fame #luck #more #much #perhaps

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

#actor #anything #became #been #except

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

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I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

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I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

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Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

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I have one computer that my wife gave me. All I know how to do, and I do it every day, is play Spider Solitaire. And I don't have a cell phone. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#cell phone #computer #day #every #every day

I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

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All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

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