Words matter. These are the best Burt Reynolds Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
My movies were the kind they show in prisons and airplanes, because nobody can leave.
John Boorman was the best director I’ve ever had.
I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.
Paul Newman is the personification of cool.
I’ve always gotten along well with Texans. You’ve got to.
I haven’t been somebody who’s been smart about his money. There are a couple of actors who are quite brilliant with the way they’ve handled their money. But they’re not very good actors.
I thought ‘Deliverance’ was a very good film. But it didn’t have the success financially that ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ did, although that film made more money than ‘Star Wars’ in the first week.
Jay Leno is wonderful and a good friend, but it will always be the Carson show to a lot of people.
I don’t take myself seriously, and I think the ones that do, there’s some sickness with people like that.
I’m not sure if I can swagger anymore, but I can limp with the best of them.
Sometimes I’m surprised people even know who I am.
I sometimes will be very shut off from everybody. I can be very pettish and sometimes not available when you need me. At those times, I’m very selfish and worrying about my own problems.
To be successful in business, you have to be ruthless.
When you crash and burn, you have to pick yourself up and go on and hope to make up for it.
The moment you grab someone by the lapels, you’re lost.
Most guys with toupees overcompensate. They want too much hair. They end up piling it high, looking like a weird flower.
I’ve tried very hard to be thought of as a serious actor.
If I was as tough as I’m made out to be in movies, I wouldn’t have to worry.
I realized very quickly that the public has a perfect right to tell you what they want to see.
Frankly, it’s embarrassing to have a house filled with giant portraits of yourself.
There are three stages of an actor’s career: Young, Old, and ‘You look good!’
Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done.
It’s always possible to spend more money.
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.
