Quotes by Burt Lancaster

• I believe we should appeal to people at the higher levels.
• I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.
• I had the luck of having an obedient body.
• I feel that I am a good actor.
• I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.
• I am interested in being in pictures that I would like to see.
• I always try to improve, to find new ways of expressing myself, to keep looking for truth and originality.
• Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee?
• A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes.
• I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married.
• 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.
• Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death.
• Sell yourself first, if you want to sell anything.
• Obviously I am not the young man who came to Hollywood in 1946.
• My former wife is a truly wonderful person.
• My brother never had me to dinner in his life.
• Mother beat the hell out of us. She'd have wild outbursts.
• I walked out of class one day and I never went back.
• I judge a restaurant by the bread and by the coffee.
• I've always wanted to get an education, and tonight's as good a time as any.
• You have to fight against being an antique.