“Don't crucify me because of what your idea of a movie star is. I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor. You people out in the East have no idea what goes on out here. No awareness or knowledge whatsoever. You lose track of the human being behind the image of the movie star.”

—  Kirk Douglas

Interview, 1969 http://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/interview-with-kirk-douglas

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American stage and film actor 1916–2020

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