I don’t take myself seriously, and I think the ones that do, there’s some sickness with people like that. Burt Reynolds Read Quote
I realized very quickly that the public has a perfect right to tell you what they want to see. Burt Reynolds Read Quote
The stupidest thing I ever did was turn down ‘Terms of Endearment’ to do ‘Cannonball Run II.’ Jim Brooks wrote the part of the astronaut for me. Taking that role would have been a way to get all the things I wanted. Burt Reynolds Read Quote
Frankly, it’s embarrassing to have a house filled with giant portraits of yourself. Burt Reynolds Read Quote
I’m just trying desperately to hang on to my true friends. Like Jon Voight. We laugh all the time at how stupid we are. Burt Reynolds Read Quote
People don’t understand the analogy of football and acting, but there’s a great deal of it that’s the same. You get dressed in the room, and you think you’ve got it all prepared, and later on in the game you wish you had put on more pads ’cause they’re just kicking the hell out of you. God almighty, I’ve been beat up by the best. Burt Reynolds Read Quote
When you crash and burn, you have to pick yourself up and go on and hope to make up for it. Burt Reynolds Read Quote
I’m proud of ‘Deliverance’ because it was a very dangerous film to make, and they all said it couldn’t be done, and we did it. And Jon Voight and I are now like brothers. Burt Reynolds Read Quote
I’m going to retire hopefully like Cary Grant did. I’ll be on stage telling a story, everyone’s going to applaud and laugh, and then I’ll drop like a rock. Burt Reynolds Read Quote
