Burt Lancaster Quotes

You have to fight against being an antique.

They were fun days, and we set the town on fire with every movie we did.

Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion.

Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death.

Obviously I am not the young man who came to Hollywood in 1946.

My former wife is a truly wonderful person.

My brother never had me to dinner in his life.

Mother beat the hell out of us. She'd have wild outbursts.

I've always wanted to get an education, and tonight's as good a time as any.

I walked out of class one day and I never went back.

I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.

I hate looking backward, but every once in a while it sneaks up on you.

I had the luck of having an obedient body.

I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married.

I feel that I am a good actor.

I believe we should appeal to people at the higher levels.

I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.

I am interested in being in pictures that I would like to see.

Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee?

A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes.

Sell yourself first, if you want to sell anything.

I judge a restaurant by the bread and by the coffee.

I always try to improve, to find new ways of expressing myself, to keep looking for truth and originality.