Michael Douglas

Learning patience was not an easy lesson.

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.

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

Wall Street' was a very important movie for me in terms of my career. I won an Oscar, and then the film 'Fatal Attraction' came right after it.

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

Retiring gives the impression that you're relieved that your job is over.

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

When I go on a holiday to a tropical place, I'll spray tan before I go.

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

My memories of Las Vegas were all with my father when I was, like, a teenager. He was best friends with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, and we'd come up and see the shows and go backstage afterwards and have dinner together. It was one of my first educations about stars and how they really are back stage.

I tell my kids they are going to live to over 100.

I've always tried to kind of stretch my wings as an actor and do things that are different.