Quotes from Michael Douglas

I do think of myself as a bit of a loner, a bit of an independent. I'm one of those people who, when they're sick, like to curl up and remove myself. I don't like a lot of people around. There is nothing you can do to help.

'King of California' was just, I thought, a really great, fresh, original kind of script. I loved the tone, the mix of tragedy, comedy, and drama, and that it was a good part.

Lunch? You gotta be kidding. Lunch is for wimps.

Money never sleeps, pal

A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies.

I guess there are some women who like older men, but it's a smaller group.

I don't smile a lot in my pictures. I'm always so... grim.

I'm a risk-taker. Most of my career has not been a joyful experience, but it has been challenging. I like the dangers.

Cancer didn't bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.

It's difficult for me to meet women because my crowd is much older. I know that for some of the young women I do meet, a relationship with me can be envisioned as a benefit to their career.

Of course I feel blessed that I have a wife that is 25 years younger.

If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is.

My mother is Bermudan, so I had a lot of memories when I was a kid, used to go down to Bermuda a lot.

Early on, someone had told me, 'You know, the camera can always tell when you're lying.' And, Jesus, that intimidated me. 'The camera can always tell? How am I going to do this?' Until one day I thought, 'Wait a minute, acting is lying. Acting is all about lying.'

'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' which my father had tried to get made for six, seven years, and I for four, was turned down by every studio. Every studio in the world had passed on it.

I've always liked Tina Turner.

I have hardly ever worked with the same director twice. But when you have worked with a director before, you understand his behavior.

Players never die - they just try their luck at another table.

The one thing that men and women have in common - they both like the company of men.

I've never been one to carefully calculate my career decisions, to sit on the outside looking in. I go with my passion and what moves me.

To me, Bermuda is a real family spot.

I haven't played a lot of nice guys.

My dad was a movie star. Having that name was good and bad. People think it's a silver spoon. It's not.

I had a great stepfather.