Kirk Douglas Quotes & Sayings

“In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.”

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

“Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody.”

“If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.”

“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.”

“The learning process continues until the day you die.”

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

“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.”

“All my life, I have taken inventory at intervals. For example, when I became a movie actor and suddenly I had to deal with fame, money and playing so many roles, I lost myself. I said, 'Who am I?' And I wrote my first book to deal with that, 'The Ragman's Son.'”

“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.”