You get to a certain age, where you know you can't go over the wall, but I'll never get to the age where I can't go through it. — Burt Reynolds Copy Share Image
The most important thing to remember is: to protect your quarterback - ME! — Burt Reynolds Copy Share
If I hadn't been an actor, I would have been a coach, and I would have been a good one. All teaching is is… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share
I thought 'Deliverance' was a very good film. But it didn't have the success financially that 'Smokey and the Bandit' did, although that film… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share
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… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share
“Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get his laundry done.” — Burt Reynolds Copy Share
I'm just trying desperately to hang on to my true friends. Like Jon Voight. We laugh all the time at how stupid we are. — Burt Reynolds Copy Share
But then when I'm in a halfway successful movie, it irritates the hell out of the critics in New York, because they'd like to… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share
That's a big responsibility, and the details obsess me. And, also, I no longer feel I have to do the Tonight Show every time… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share
We got Sally Field onboard [in Smokey and the Bandit] and it changed the entire dynamic. About a third of the way into filming,… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share
Smokey and the Bandit was the first picture [Hal Needham ] directed, and I knew he could handle it. I had just directed Gator,… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share
The audience will always forgive you for being wrong and exciting, but never for being right and dull. — Burt Reynolds Copy Share
I'm proud of 'Deliverance' because it was a very dangerous film to make, and they all said it couldn't be done, and we did… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share
