Burt Lancaster Quotes

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

– Burt Lancaster

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

– Burt Lancaster

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

– Burt Lancaster

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

– Burt Lancaster

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

– Burt Lancaster

I feel that I am a good actor.

– Burt Lancaster

You have to fight against being an antique.

– Burt Lancaster

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

– Burt Lancaster

I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.

– Burt Lancaster

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

– Burt Lancaster

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

– Burt Lancaster

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

– Burt Lancaster

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

– Burt Lancaster

I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.

– Burt Lancaster

My brother never had me to dinner in his life.

– Burt Lancaster

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

– Burt Lancaster

Sell yourself first, if you want to sell anything.

– Burt Lancaster

I had the luck of having an obedient body.

– Burt Lancaster

Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death.

– Burt Lancaster

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

– Burt Lancaster

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

– Burt Lancaster

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

– Burt Lancaster

My former wife is a truly wonderful person.

– Burt Lancaster