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I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss.
Kirk Douglas
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Kirk Douglas
Age: 103 †
Born: 1916
Born: December 9
Died: 2020
Died: February 5
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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.
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I have a great respect for actors like Clint Eastwood, who's a wonderful director. I think two pictures that I directed were not successful, so I decided not to make any more.
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Being seventy has its advantages. I was outspoken before, but now what have I got to keep quiet about?
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I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life.
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The learning process continues until the day you die.
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My children didn't have my advantages I was born into abject poverty.
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Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back?
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The older you get, the more awards you get. So, if you live long enough, then you get all the awards eventually.
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