139 Quotes by Kirk Douglas

I think the election of [Barack] Obama was a great step to prove to the world that we believe that all men were created equal. I think it will show that we have humility.

I have been trying to create a campaign to have our country make an apology for slavery, for the way that blacks were treated before the Civil War and after the Civil War.

I think that [Barack] Obama was elected because young people are starting to get interested in their country and I think that's a very healthy thing.

If I can get enough signatures, to present an apology to slavery, I will present it to the President. The House of Representatives has already passed the resolution for the apology, but it has to pass the Senate. I think, in spite of all our problems, I think we're in the right direction.

I went to Hollywood to test for Martha Ivers and I thought I was going to play the part that Van Heflin played.But they wanted me to play the part of Barbara Stanwyck's husband, so I played that. Then when I finished the movie, I went back to Broadway and did another flop.

The first time I had got an offer to come to Hollywood, I turned it down. I said, 'No, I'm an actor of the stage.'

I never wanted to be in movies. In a sense, I'm still a failure because I wanted to be a star on the stage.

When you get to my age, you find that most of your dear friends are gone.

I have always been grateful that my Russian mother and father came to this country to give me a better chance, and I have had a better chance.