Acting is a youthful profession.

Acting is a youthful profession.

Kirk Douglas

History remembers most what you did last.

History remembers most what you did last.

Unless you can surround yourself with as many beautiful things as you can afford, I don't think life has very much meaning.

Unless you can surround yourself with as many beautiful things as you can afford, I don't think life has very much meaning.

Try and stay sober. Until the curtain call. And for God's sake, have fun. Don't suffer for your art. Just have fun.

Try and stay sober. Until the curtain call. And for God's sake, have fun. Don't suffer for your art. Just have fun.

You're only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life?

You're only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life?

Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all.

Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all.

I've played some good guys as well, in Spartacus, Paths of Glory and my favorite picture, Lonely Are the Brave, so I had a mixture of parts in my life.

I've played some good guys as well, in Spartacus, Paths of Glory and my favorite picture, Lonely Are the Brave, so I had a mixture of parts in my life.

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 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.

The first time I had got an offer to come to Hollywood, I turned it down. I said,

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 guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life.

I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life.

My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty.

My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty.

I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer.

I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer.

The best wine comes from home, wherever it is.

The best wine comes from home, wherever it is.

Really a bad guy is more interesting, dramatically, than the good guy.

Really a bad guy is more interesting, dramatically, than the good guy.

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.

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.

I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.

I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.

I felt [It Runs in the Family] it was a picture that, after I'm gone, my family would like to see it. It was a wonderful mixture of people in my family.

I felt [It Runs in the Family] it was a picture that, after I'm gone, my family would like to see it. It was a wonderful mixture of people in my family.

Being seventy has its advantages. I was outspoken before, but now what have I got to keep quiet about?

Being seventy has its advantages. I was outspoken before, but now what have I got to keep quiet about?

Love has more depth as you get older.

Love has more depth as you get older.