Burt Lancaster
I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married.Collection: Marriage
I judge a restaurant by the bread and by the coffee.
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 hate looking backward, but every once in a while it sneaks up on you.
Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee?
I always try to improve, to find new ways of expressing myself, to keep looking for truth and originality.
I am interested in being in pictures that I would like to see.
I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.
I believe we should appeal to people at the higher levels.
I feel that I am a good actor.
I had the luck of having an obedient body.
I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.
I walked out of class one day and I never went back.
I've always wanted to get an education, and tonight's as good a time as any.
Mother beat the hell out of us. She'd have wild outbursts.
My brother never had me to dinner in his life.
My former wife is a truly wonderful person.
Obviously I am not the young man who came to Hollywood in 1946.
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.
They were fun days, and we set the town on fire with every movie we did.
You have to fight against being an antique.
As long as you are curious, you defeat age.Collection: Long
Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a championCollection: Sports
The first duty of life is to live.Collection: Good Life
When two partners always agree, one of them aint necessary.Collection: Two
Most people seem to think I'm the kind of guy who shaves with a blowtorch. Actually I'm bookish and worrisome.Collection: Thinking
You see, if you make believe hard enough that something is true, then it is true for you.Collection: Truth
We're all forgotten sooner or later. But not films. That's all the memorial we should need or hope for.Collection: Memorial
You have to fight against being an antiqueCollection: Fighting
Alcoholics are mostly disappointed men.Collection: Men
I'm-going-to-tilt-my-head-at-a-perpendicular-angle-and-then-attempt-to-extract-your-soul-through-your-mouth-like-some-giant-alien-sucker-fishCollection: Soul
I judge a restaurant by the bread & the coffee.Collection: Coffee
I admire honesty and straightforwardness combined with true femininity.Collection: Honesty
I walked out of class one day and I never went backCollection: Class
You sit in your tepee and dream and then you go to wherever the dream may take you. It might come true. You wait for real life to catch up.Collection: Dream
Obviously I am not the young man who came to Hollywood in 1946Collection: Men
I've always wanted to get an education, and tonight's as good a time as anyCollection: Tonight
Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to deathCollection: Succeed