Michael Douglas quotes Executive producer of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (1975) Born: 09/25/1944 Country: usa

• “I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.” (Michael Douglas) [people]
• “There was a lot of tabloid journalism about my supposed sex addiction. Bullshit. It's all bullshit. I mean, come on, I never pretended to be a saint. But give me a break.” (Michael Douglas) [sex/give]
• “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms.” (Michael Douglas) [greed/right/greed/greed]
• “[Being single] is pretty good. It's a nice sense of irresponsibility.” (Michael Douglas) [nice]
• “Suddenly you've worked yourself up to the top of the pecking order and you say to yourself, okay, this is going to be fun.” (Michael Douglas) [top/order]
• “She is such a tremendous spokesperson for Britain in general, and Wales in particular, that it hurt to see how she was treated in this whole process.” (Michael Douglas)
• “Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.” (Michael Douglas) [generation]
• “The scene sprawled over a couple blocks; it was a very chaotic scene.” (Michael Douglas)
• “It so amazes you how much stage fright you get. I've been in front of cameras all my life, but that first tee, standing over that ball that's not even moving, it's scarier than doing a movie.” (Michael Douglas) [stage/life]
• “People seem to let their hair down a little bit and loosen their ties. And there is a lot of give and share that's going on both in front on the panels and behind.” (Michael Douglas) [give/share]
• “We are all an extended family, and we are listening to you and understand how you embrace the condition of your school. ... It was very moving to hear you speak.” (Michael Douglas) [family/embrace/condition/school]
• “We would not want to rush into a closure if we can look at other criteria.” (Michael Douglas) [look]
• “I believe the community and regional biotechnology organizations and interests outside our universities might be aided by having a person familiar with university research activities and the mindset of university faculty members regarding the transfer of their intellectual work product into new technologies and economic development. That is a perspective I can offer, given my familiarity with both academic and corporate arenas.” (Michael Douglas) [university/activities/university/product]
• “At the end of the day, we simply run out of people and time to drive the commercialization component.” (Michael Douglas) [start/day/people/time]
• “It's usually very busy from spring onwards. Some weeks I've been doing three or four estimates a day. Most people generally like the area and the house they live in but just want more room.” (Michael Douglas) [day/people/more]
• “I don't know about Brad Pitt leaving that beautiful woman to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean how long is that going to last?” (Michael Douglas)
• “Tens of thousands of lives have been saved and millions more improved as a result of the decision and commitment of this man and the inspiration that he leads.” (Michael Douglas) [more/result/decision/inspiration]
• “We did a series of target shooting with live ammunition. Eva is an unbelievable shot. She shot better than 90% of the police officers out there.” (Michael Douglas) [target]
• “Sure, why not?. You close your eyes once in a while, put on a Richard Burton accent maybe - something from the home country, it gives a little variety, the spice of life.” (Michael Douglas) [eyes/housing]
• “It was time to get out of the house.” (Michael Douglas) [time]
• “We did the first one as good as you can. You can't make the special effects any better. There was no reason to do it. They offered it to me years ago, and I just saw no reason to do it.” (Michael Douglas)
• “The biggest surprise was we found out Eva is one incredible shot. We used live ammo, and let me tell you, the girl can shoot a gun.” (Michael Douglas) [surprise]
• “It's believable enough. We went through extensive training. Well, at least some training.” (Michael Douglas) [training]
• “I would be the villain. She'd have a different love interest.” (Michael Douglas) [love]
• “There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life.” (Michael Douglas) [family/crisis/divorce]
• “It's difficult for me to meet women because my crowd is much older. I know that for some of the young women I do meet, a relationship with me can be envisioned as a benefit to their career.” (Michael Douglas) [women/women/benefit]
• “For an actor, it's great fun to play one of these hungry white sharks. Audiences love to hate them.” (Michael Douglas) [love]
• “A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies.” (Michael Douglas) [actors/movie]
• “When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.” (Michael Douglas) [pleasure/business]
• “Actors have always done well playing the bad guys in movies. Audiences enjoy bad guys because through these characters, normal people are able to experience, vicariously, what its like to be vicious, nasty, and amoral. Kindness is not rewarded very much as far as drama is concerned.” (Michael Douglas) [bad/bad/normal/people]
• “Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it.” (Michael Douglas) [more/fear/being]

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