When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.

When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.

Kirk Douglas

The only advantage I have found in being Jewish is that I can be openly anti-Semitic.

The only advantage I have found in being Jewish is that I can be openly anti-Semitic.

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

We look for wine when we should be hunting bread.

We look for wine when we should be hunting bread.

The first thing I look for in a woman is warmth-femininity. It's got nothing to do with a pretty face.

The first thing I look for in a woman is warmth-femininity. It's got nothing to do with a pretty face.

You have not learned to live until you have learned to give

You have not learned to live until you have learned to give

Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things.

Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things.

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

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

I'm a loner clear down deep to my guts.

I'm a loner clear down deep to my guts.

Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back?

Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back?

Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free.

Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free.

Virtue is not photogenic.

Virtue is not photogenic.

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.

All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor.

All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor.

No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right.

No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right.

The learning process continues until the day you die.

The learning process continues until the day you die.

My kids never had the advantages I had. I was born poor.

My kids never had the advantages I had. I was born poor.

In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.

In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.

You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.

You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.