MICHAEL DOUGLAS

Learning patience was not an easy lesson.

Directing talent is very nebulous. You know, it's not in front of you like an actor's performance.

In 'Wall Street,' Charlie Sheen carried that movie.

I've always been somebody who, when I started a picture, never knew what the next picture would be.

'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.

Cancer has shown me what family is. It showed me a love that I never knew really existed.

The message from national security experts and citizens around the world is clear: The only way to eliminate the global nuclear danger is to eliminate all nuclear weapons.

Liberace was one of the biggest stars in America. He was a kind of a phenomenon.

The people who work in Wall Street still look up to Gordon Gekko. He's sort of a guru.

I don't look good in tights. I know that.

There is something about seeing rhinos and lions running free that excites you. It's not that you feel afraid; it's more like you're liberated by seeing them.

Kids know. They know everything. I would err on the side of pretty much sharing everything.

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

If your work isn't exciting, doesn't stir the emotions, where's the challenge? Where's the progress if you always play it safe?

Like a lovely orchid, or anything else that's nurtured, marriage prospers and grows, but if it's ignored, it withers.

I've taken blame about being a bad father - if being a bad father is working your butt off trying to create a career at one time.

The thing with cancer is that you want to get it as early as you can.

When you've accomplished a certain amount in your career, you're not so focused on your ambitions.

I don't wish ill will on anybody.

I try not to dwell too much on a bad marriage.

My marriage and my families come certainly before my career.

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

I've always liked Tina Turner.

I don't know if likeable, pleasant characters have enough conflict for me to want to do them. I admire those people, but I've never been that kind of screen presence who can do nothing. I need to do something.

Capitalism is part of our system, but it's not for the faint of heart.