Zitat des Tages von Kirk Douglas:
No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right.
I was conscious of my father's fame from the time I was 6.
When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I talk slowly, people listen. They think I'm going to say something important!
What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder.
Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week.
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?
When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.
I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life.
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 think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world.
People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so great. But I don't think so. All I can say about the old days is that they have passed.
You know, sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say - you're bright! They're actually surprised I might be bright.
Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive.
I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.
I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.
I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti... I love champions. A champion has something special about him.
Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe.
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.
Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back?
The learning process continues until the day you die.
Too often, I have not been what I wanted to be; I've succumbed to pressures. Yes, I have. The things I've done that I liked, I've always done against advice.
If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting.
My four sons all knew I was a Jew, but they were allowed to be whatever they wanted to be. The only thing important to me was that they be good people who help other people, because all religion should try to make you a better person and a more caring person. Whenever religion does that for you, it's a good religion.
