Quotes by Michael Douglas

“There was a lot of tabloid journalism about my supposed sex addiction. Bullshit. Its all bullshit. I mean, come on, I never pretended to be a saint. But give me a break.”

“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms.”

“[Being single] is pretty good. Its a nice sense of irresponsibility.”

“Suddenly youve worked yourself up to the top of the pecking order and you say to yourself, okay, this is going to be fun.”

“She is such a tremendous spokesperson for Britain in general, and Wales in particular, that it hurt to see how she was treated in this whole process.”

“Everythings so repressive now - its the No generation. You cant do anything, you cant eat anything, you have to abstain.”

“The scene sprawled over a couple blocks; it was a very chaotic scene.”

“It so amazes you how much stage fright you get. Ive been in front of cameras all my life, but that first tee, standing over that ball thats not even moving, its scarier than doing a movie.”

“People seem to let their hair down a little bit and loosen their ties. And there is a lot of give and share thats going on both in front on the panels and behind.”

Money never sleeps, pal

When youre making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.

When I was working on pictures with my father, there were a couple leading ladies to whom I wish Id expressed how I felt rather than being too cool or too shy.

I have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father.

The studios basically, besides developing some material, their strength is distribution. Distribution in any other business is a cost that you incur. You know, in a trucking business, you eat it. In a film business, distribution is a profit center.

Learning patience was not an easy lesson.

Do you know what absolute happiness is? For me, it is to wake up my kids in the morning - these little pieces of innocence - to wake them and find theyre so happy to see me! It is unequivocal love, no question about it.

Theres nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life.

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

Its 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.

My movies are usually about stripping off the makeup, getting down to the skeleton.