Q 6

PLAYBOY: How far would you go in a sex scene in a movie?

Michael Douglas: I firmly believe in wearing a cardboard roll in my pants. In fact, I have no standards other than frontal nudity. Actually, if you're playing a part, you can't let your own views come into it. If a nude scene were an integral part of a character and not there solely for titillation purposes, then there's no problem. Just take your own towel with you.

Q 7

PLAYBOY: What is your worst fault?

Michael Douglas: I love carrying grudges. And I'm particularly jealous when it involves anybody I feel possessive of. Like my wife. But I think my worst fault is probably hostility. Keeping score. Tit for tat. If I've been screwed, if I've had a formal shaft--and usually it has to do with something that happened earlier in my career--I don't forget. If I get a jab, I don't turn the other cheek.

Q 8

PLAYBOY: Have you always gotten revenge when you've wanted to?

Michael Douglas: No, but I have a good list. Keeping grudges gives you a lot of energy. It's a great motivator. And I can wait it out. I like finding devious ways to get back. Sometimes it's actually like I'm totally sick; you know, "Four years ago, you son of a bitch, you did this to me, and now...."

Q 9

PLAYBOY: What else are you excessive about?

Michael Douglas: Anything that makes me giggle.

Q 10

PLAYBOY: Speaking of giggling, you've worked with Jane Fonda. She seems so earnest about everything. Does the woman have any sense of humor?

Michael Douglas: Yeah, she does. If you talk dirty to her, she likes it. She's got a great giggle.

Q 11

PLAYBOY: You like working with her?

Michael Douglas: I admire her a lot. She can juggle her life, as active as it is, between politics, her career and her family. It's extraordinary the amount of work she gets done in a day. It's an example for a lot of people.

Q 12

PLAYBOY: Your new film, It's My Turn, is about a woman--played by Jill Clayburgh--who is in love with two men. Do you think you could be in love with two people?

Michael Douglas: I think it's hard enough to be in love with one person at a time. However, I think you could be in love with someone and be having fantasies about another person. But that gets complicated. Then you're not so much in love as in confusion.