'To the world he was a legend,' Michael Douglas said of his late father Kirk. 'But to me and my brothers... he was simply dad.'
star and his own.
Through his own admission -- across a multitude of interviews and memories -- Kirk was a man who was proudly brash and commanding, with a larger-than-life spirit and strong personality.The Ragman's Son According to Kirk, this aggressive attitude stemmed from a very unhappy childhood living in abject poverty with an alcoholic father who was physically abusive. The actor was very open about how the challenging experiences of his youth made him hard-edged and angry.
"I had sworn that I would never ignore my children the way my father ignored me," Kirk said in a feature interview withAccording to Michael, he managed to keep that promise by visiting his sons, and having them visit him on set, trying to keep their relationship solid no matter what.in the profile on his father,"and that he really cared."
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