Quotes from 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 don't look good in tights. I know that.

I think sometimes in relationships, ladies like having a man who takes care of them, nurtures them. If you can't find it in a man your own age, you find it in somebody who is older.

My daughter is a horseback rider, so I try to watch her ride; we take holidays together.

I was there the night John Lennon was shot, three blocks away. It left a lasting impression on me.

Money never sleeps, pal

Early on, someone had told me, 'You know, the camera can always tell when you're lying.' And, Jesus, that intimidated me. 'The camera can always tell? How am I going to do this?' Until one day I thought, 'Wait a minute, acting is lying. Acting is all about lying.'

The one thing that men and women have in common - they both like the company of men.

I haven't played a lot of nice guys.

I had a great stepfather.

I met Michael Milken for the first time with Oliver Stone at the Drexel Burnham offices in Los Angeles.

I've taken blame about being a bad father - if being a bad father is working your butt off trying to create a career at one time.