88 Quotes by Burt Reynolds

In football you can make it if you’ve got the ‘I’m-going-to-get-up-off-the-ground-and-kick-your-ass’ attitude.

I can tell a young person where the mines are, but he’s probably going to step on them anyway.

Friends come in herds and they leave in herds. Hollywood loves an adventure, but you have to hit bottom. Then they love to save you and be a part of it. Or think they’re a part of it.

Having done 300 television shows and almost 60 movies, I’m tired of having guys who are younger than some sandwiches I’ve had, telling me to turn left at the couch. There’s no appreciation of actors and no sense of history.

My acting is a bit like basketball. Most females in my films come off very well. I give great assist. And if I’m lucky, I even score.

There are three stages of an actor’s career. Young, old, and “You look good”.

All of the younger actors keep coming up to me and asking me where all of the land mines are because they know I’ve stepped on them all.

If I want to be up for an Academy Award, I’m either going to have to play a tour de force of some kind or have a tracheotomy just before the nominations.

Frankly, it's embarrassing to have a house filled with giant portraits of yourself.