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Burt Lancaster
American
Actor
About the author
I believe we should appeal to people at the higher levels.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#People
I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
I hate looking backward, but every once in a while it sneaks up on you.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Hate
I had the luck of having an obedient body.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Body
#Luck
I feel that I am a good actor.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Actor
I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
I am interested in being in pictures that I would like to see.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Being
I always try to improve, to find new ways of expressing myself, to keep looking for truth and originality.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Truth
#Originality
Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee?
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Committee
A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Mother
I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Man
#Marriage
Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Feeling
#Hunger
They were fun days, and we set the town on fire with every movie we did.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Fun
#Fire
Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Death
#Succeed
Sell yourself first, if you want to sell anything.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Want
#First
Obviously I am not the young man who came to Hollywood in 1946.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Hollywood
#Man
My former wife is a truly wonderful person.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Wife
My brother never had me to dinner in his life.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Life
#Brother
Mother beat the hell out of us. She'd have wild outbursts.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Hell
#Mother
I walked out of class one day and I never went back.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Day
#Class
I judge a restaurant by the bread and by the coffee.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Coffee
I've always wanted to get an education, and tonight's as good a time as any.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Time
#Education
You have to fight against being an antique.
Burt Lancaster,
American
Actor
#Being
#Fight