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 kill my pictures if they could. So maybe I'm pretty good in the movie. Then they… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share Image
The most important thing to remember is: to protect your quarterback - ME! — Burt Reynolds Copy Share Image
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 communicating. — 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 Image
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 Image
“Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get his laundry done.” — Burt Reynolds Copy Share Image
I hate prejudice of any kind, whether it be color or sexual preference. — Burt Reynolds Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“We got Sally Field onboard [in Smokey and the Bandit] and it changed the entire dynamic. About a third of the way into filming, I was in the car with Sally and there was this little moment where we kind of looked at each other, and then we both turned and looked over at Hal [Needham]. He gave us a…” quote by Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8b5/burt-reynolds-9553_bandits_we-got-sally-field-onboard-in-smokey-and_551176.jpg)