When I was 18, I drove from New York to California to be a movie star. Not an actor, mind you, but a movie star. Have you ever heard of anything so silly? – Edd Byrnes
In the days when I was the big hero, the money wasn’t much. Nobody made anything on television in those days. – Edd Byrnes
Madeleine Albright introduced herself to me. I talked to Henry Kissinger and Barbara Walters. And I asked Peter Jennings to write a note of encouragement to my son, Logan, a news anchor at the ABC affiliate in Palm Springs. – Edd Byrnes
It was hard to admit I had a problem when I still had money, property, prestige. How can I have a problem when I’m driving my new Mercedes, and it’s paid for, and I have a house at Malibu? – Edd Byrnes
I went to Yugoslavia to make a movie. People saw me there and asked me to do a movie in Germany. And that led to a movie in Italy. Before I knew it, I was in Europe for most of the next 10 years. – Edd Byrnes
I remember we would get young, aspiring actors to come on ’77 Sunset Strip’ – I remember George Kennedy was one of those – and they would do a big guest star part, a lead, and they’d be paid maybe $850. – Edd Byrnes
