# Did Kirk Douglas have undiagnosed ADD?

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**Created:** [February 22, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-kirk-douglas-have-undiagnosed-add/291420 "2005-02-22T22:04:40Z")\
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Read [this](http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050222/ESSAYS/50221003) Roger Ebert interview with Kirk Douglas from 1969. It seems like there’s something odd about Kirk - like he had ADD. At the least, he comes across as totally hyper - not like I imagined him to be at all. (And certainly not like Michael Douglas behaves from interviews I’ve seen).

Am I off base here? Does his behavior in that interview seem rambling and disconnected to anyone else?