Quotes By Burt Lancaster

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

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

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

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

I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.

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

Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death.

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

My brother never had me to dinner in his life.

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

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

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

My former wife is a truly wonderful person.

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

I had the luck of having an obedient body.

You have to fight against being an antique.

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

Sell yourself first, if you want to sell anything.

I feel that I am a good actor.

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

I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.

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

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