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Kirk Douglas Quotes

Total quotes: 8
“I miss Burt Lancaster—we fought a lot, and I miss him a lot. And John Wayne, even though he was a Republican and I was a Democrat.”
— Kirk Douglas, Kirk Douglas: ‘I never thought I’d live to 100. That’s shocked me’
Tagged: Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, Republicans, Democrats
“When you play a weak character, find a moment when he’s strong, and when you play a strong character, find a moment when he’s weak.”
— Kirk Douglas, Kirk Douglas: ‘I never thought I’d live to 100. That’s shocked me’
Tagged: Acting
“What remains are not the cold facts of life, but how we perceive them. That's really who we are.”
— Kirk Douglas, The Ragman's Son
Tagged: Life, Perception, Facts
“So they became superpatriots. And to prove themselves right-minded, they were more than willing to sacrifice the lives of others, even their fellow Jews. They were like the Vichy government in France, collaborators who held on to their influence and position at the expense of their fellow countrymen.”
— Kirk Douglas, I Am Spartacus!: Making the Film, Breaking the Blacklist
Tagged: Vichy France, patroits, Jews, France, Nazis
“Hollywood is make-believe, and that’s confusing.”
— Kirk Douglas, Kirk Douglas: ‘I never thought I’d live to 100. That’s shocked me’
Tagged: Hollywood, make-believe, Fantasy
“I was not a tough guy. I just acted like one.”
— Kirk Douglas, Kirk Douglas: ‘I never thought I’d live to 100. That’s shocked me’
Tagged: Acting, Tough Guy
“The foreign directors are always fumbling about in obscurity, and the critics are always writing about the juxtaposition of black and white and the existential dilemma and all that shit, to disguise the fact that they don't understand the first damn thing about it, either.”
— Kirk Douglas, Interview with Kirk Douglas | Interviews | Roger Ebert
Tagged: Filmmaking, Existential, Black and White, Shit
“I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. I responded to that in making the picture. I put a lot of warmth into that character. Those immigrants were tough, more intensive than people are these days.”
— Kirk Douglas, Interview with Kirk Douglas | Interviews | Roger Ebert
Tagged: Italians, Warmth, Immigrants
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