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Michael Douglas

Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer. Douglas's career includes a diverse range of films in the independent and blockbuster genres, for which he has received a number of accolades, both competitive and honorary. These awards include the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment" and the AFI Life Achievement Award, which "honor[s] an individual whose career in motion pictures or television has greatly contributed to the enrichment of American culture".

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Cancer did not bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.

Bring, Cancer, Feet, Knees

One of the things that I find most incredible about dad is the third act of his life. After all he accomplished in his professional career and what he's given for his country, at the point in his life where he's faced adversity, losing a son, having a helicopter crash, having a stroke, and what he's accomplished in this third act in his life, I find quite extraordinary.

Adversity, Country, Dad, Given, Professional, Quite

With little knowledge of what it meant to be a Jew, I found myself passionately defending the Jewish people. Now, half a century later, I have to defend my son. Anti-Semitism, I've seen, is like a disease that goes dormant, flaring up with the next political trigger.

Flaring, Passionately, People, Political, Son

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

Rehab, Save, Saving, Wounds

When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.

Business, Hurt, Hurts, Moving, Passion, Pictures

Oh, I get it, it's simple. PG means the hero gets the girl, 15 means that the villain gets the girl, and 18 means everybody gets the girl.

Girl, Hero, Mean, Simple

What it was like to kiss Matt Damon? You know, it doesn't matter, does it, if it's a man or a woman. It's a kiss. We had to show affection in some places, love, passion in other places. A kiss is just a kiss. I mean, we'd have our fun. You know, "Matt, what flavour lip gloss would you like me to wear today?" When I see the movie I'm so proud that a few minutes go by and I forget that it's Matt and I, and halfway through I forget it's two guys. The arguments sound the same as arguments a guy has with his wife.

Flavour, Fun, Know, Matt, Mean, Passion

Since Catherine [Zeta-Jones] and I got together, I've cut back dramatically. My priorities changed, and I still love acting and all that, but not as much as I love watching my two kids grow up.

Acting, Cutting, Grow, Growing Up, Kids, Priorities

Human Rights for everyone is the necessary foundation upon which all of us may build a world where everybody may live in peace and serenity and plenty.

Everybody, Foundation, Necessary, Peace, Rights, Serenity

Being single is pretty good. It's a nice sense of irresponsibility.

Happy Valentines Day, Irresponsibility, Nice, Pretty, Single

I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.

Actors, Avoided, Dad, Thought

Cigar smoking by it's very nature is much more reflective than interactive.

Cigar, Interactive, Reflective, Smoking

When I look at myself as a younger actor, I see what a tight ass I was. I had a pretty big shadow because of my father and the comparisons. I was self-conscious about that. Now I realize there was nothing to be worried about.

Actor, Father, Nothing, Self, Shadow, Success

I dont know about Brad Pitt leaving that beautiful woman to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean how long is that going to last?

Beautiful, Leaving, Mean, Pitt, Widows And Orphans, Woman

I never thought about the gayness. Liberace just looked like he was having so much fun. And that whole idea of talking directly to the audience, you just went along with him. He made you happy. And he's finally getting acknowledged for all the Elton John, Lady Gaga, Madonna theatrics now that people are looking at his old costumes.

Audience, Directly, Fun, Like, People

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.

Events, Filmophile, Hobbies, Opposed, Sporting, Watches

I'm questioning it. We're trying to get a lot of money for health and education and I'm wondering. . . You look at these gangs, and I look back at Prohibition. When we didn't allow alcohol, what did we have? We had gangs. We had big gangs. It's something that needs to be discussed a little more. It's an economic issue and a violence issue.

Education, Health, Issues, Marijuana, Violence, Weed

Wherever arms flow, violence follows. Bullets replace ballots as the solution to political disputes.

Arms, Bullets, Disputes, Follows, Political

Sometimes we spend more efforts with people that are strangers in terms of making an impression than the person that's closest to us. And you just got to remember not to take for granted that person that's closest to you.

Closest, Effort, People, Remember, Strangers, Take

I have met with political leaders, legislators, and diplomats, seeking the next steps to press in reducing and eliminating the nuclear threat in this century. I have participated in public coalitions developing programmes for action to combat the global rash of small arms. All are trying and making a difference.

Differences, Eliminating, Leader, Nuclear, Nuclear Disarmament, Participated

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