APSEN, Colorado—Hollywood actor Michael Douglas was recently honored for his contributions to film, which would have been confined to off-camera work had he listened to those around him early in his career.

“The business was telling me, why act? I was totally acceptable as a producer, but not [as an actor]. I quietly resented it,” Douglas said during an on-stage conversation with Aspen film fest host Joel Schumacher.

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