Michael Douglas

I have nothing against her, and in fact I'm very fond of my first wife. But we should have ended that marriage eight or 10 years earlier.

I love kids, and I love having had this second chance to have a family.

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

My mother and father met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was a senior and she was a junior, and their marriage didn't last very long.

For an actor, it's great fun to play one of these hungry white sharks. Audiences love to hate them.

When you are a celebrity, nothing remains secret for very long.

I'm a risk-taker. Most of my career has not been a joyful experience, but it has been challenging. I like the dangers.

Sometimes art imitates life.

The arts are a celebration of life.

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

Women are now very comfortable to have babies into their late 30s. You can be a father in your 50s. I'm not saying it's for everybody, and I think people have to get their own life secure before they take on the responsibility of a partner and children.

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