Burt Lancaster

I feel that I am a good actor.

I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.

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

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

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

You have to fight against being an antique.

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

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

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

My former wife is a truly wonderful person.

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.

When two partners always agree, one of them aint necessary.

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

I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.

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

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

My brother never had me to dinner in his life.

Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut and youre no longer a champion.

I had the luck of having an obedient body.

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

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

Sell yourself first, if you want to sell anything.

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

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