I was living in a terrible time when people were being accused of being communists, and they attacked the movie industry, especially the writers. People couldn't work if they were on the blacklist. The studios banned them. It was the most onerous period in movie history. I don't think we have ever had a period so dark as that.
Kirk DouglasI have always been grateful that my Russian mother and father came to this country to give me a better chance, and I have had a better chance.
Kirk DouglasWhen I made Spartacus during the McCarthy Era, we were losing our freedom. It was an awful, awful way. McCarthy saw Communists everywhere, in every level of government and they concentrated on Hollywood and especially on Hollywood writers.
Kirk DouglasIf you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.
Kirk Douglas