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.
Actors have always done well playing the bad guys in movies. Audiences enjoy bad guys because through these characters, normal people are able to experience, vicariously, what its like to be vicious, nasty, and amoral. Kindness is not rewarded very much as far as drama is concerned.
Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it.
Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.
For an actor, it's great fun to play one of these hungry white sharks. Audiences love to hate them.
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?
I hear this thing about how calculated business decisions have influenced my choice of pictures. But it's just not true.
I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.
I'm not a big filmophile. I don't watch movies a lot for a hobby. I spend all my time watching sporting events. Because, opposed to movies, you can never tell how they're going to end.
I've always tried to kind of stretch my wings as an actor and do things that are different.
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.
The one thing that men and women have in common - they both like the company of men.
There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life.
When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.
Michael Douglas is an accomplished actor, producer, writer and director.
Michael Douglas has been active in lobbying for gun control, since John Lennon was killed in 1980.
Michael Douglas once bought his father, Kirk Douglas, a new car, in order to help them start to bond closer.
Michael Douglas is addicted to gambling.
Michael Douglas avoided a scary fall, in Bermuda, when he was attempting to christen a new art museum by pouring rum on the roof of it. He lost his footing while standing in a cherry-picker basket 25 feet high.
Michael Douglas is close friends with Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner, the parents of Gwyneth Paltrow. He has known the her since she was a child. They both starred in the movie A Perfect Murder.
Michael Douglas was the executive producer on the 1997 movie The Rainmaker.
Michael Douglas began his career as an assistant director on father, Kirk Douglas' movies in the 60's.
In 1997, James Parker, who is a caddy, sued Michael Douglas for $25 million. He accused Michael of smacking him in the groin with an errant golf ball, causing Parker to lose a testicle and his job. The case was settled outside of the courts.
Michael Douglas is on the Board of Directors of the Ploughshares Fund.
In 1975, Michael Douglas won an Oscar as producer for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Michael Douglas played Mr Thompson in the movie You, Me and Dupree.
Michael Douglas will play the role of Kevin Bishop in the 2007 movie called The Mechanic.
Michael endorsed Richard Gephardt in the 2004 Democratic primaries.
In 1980, Michael Douglas was involved in a horrible skiing accident. The accident put his acting career on hold for three years.
Michael Douglas actually turned down the role of Judge Wakefield in the movie Traffic, but was convinced to change his mind once the script was rewritten.
Michael Douglas has two children with his his wife, Catherine Zeta Jones. He has a son named Dylan Michael Douglas and a daughter named Carys Zeta Douglas. He also has a son from a previous marriage, named Cameron Morrell.
In 1998, Michael Douglas became a United Nations Messenger of Peace.
Michael Douglas' first big break came in 1972, when he played Inspector Steve Keller on the show The Streets of San Francisco.
Michael Douglas is 5'10" tall.
Has been in three movies with Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito.
Michael admits that he accepted wimpy, hippy, quiet roles when he started out so he wouldn't be compared to his father, Kirk.
He quit his role as Steve Keller on The Streets of San Francisco to produce the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975.
Michael Douglas married Catherine Zeta Jones on November 18, 2000 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York.
Michael lived with actor Danny DeVito when they were both starting out as actors.
In September 1992, he sought treatment at the Sierra Tuscon Center for alcohol abuse.
Michael attended the Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, MA.
He graduated high school from Choate Rosemary Hall.
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