Kirk Douglas Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)
Kirk Douglas quotes and sayings page 4 (108 year old actor). Here's quote # 31 through 40 out of the 55 we have for him.
“Being second generation in Hollywood is complicated: Success is expected, and yet the track record of the second generation is not great. Only a small group of us, like Jane Fonda, have succeeded.”
“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.”
“I studied Judaism a lot. I studied religion in general, and I have never imposed my Judaism on my kids. They are what they want to be. I think... you must care for others. That's the correct religion, I think.”
“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 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!”
“My mother, we were a very poor family. When I was a kid, we would be in our little room, and there would be a knock on the door almost every night with a hobo begging for food. Even though we didn't even have enough to eat, my mother always found something to give them.”
“I have studied religion, and I have concluded that there is some power. We don't understand it.”
“If I have to speak in public, I am terrified.”
“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.”
“Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back?”
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