Someone reminded me I once said, 'Greed is good.' Now it seems it's legal.

Someone reminded me I once said, 'Greed is good.' Now it seems it's legal.

Michael Douglas

When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.

When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.

A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.

A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.

Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.

Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.

I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.

I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.

Wherever arms flow, violence follows. Bullets replace ballots as the solution to political disputes.

Wherever arms flow, violence follows. Bullets replace ballots as the solution to political disputes.

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.

Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it.

Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it.

My brain cannot conceive how old my body is.

My brain cannot conceive how old my body is.

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

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

Money itself isn’t lost or made. It’s simply transferred from one perception to another.

Money itself isn’t lost or made. It’s simply transferred from one perception to another.

We must unite to make nuclear weapons a horror of the past.

We must unite to make nuclear weapons a horror of the past.

Cigar smoking by it's very nature is much more reflective than interactive.

Cigar smoking by it's very nature is much more reflective than interactive.

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

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

What's worth doing is worth doing for money.

What's worth doing is worth doing for money.

Never knew how poor I was until I started making money.

Never knew how poor I was until I started making money.

I am a Jew. Those are four words of pride. My Jewishness is as deep as my genes.

I am a Jew. Those are four words of pride. My Jewishness is as deep as my genes.

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies and cuts through to the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies and cuts through to the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.

I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.