I thought 'Deliverance' was a very good film. But it didn't have the success financially that 'Smokey and the Bandit' did, although… — 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… — 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… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share Image
I'm really much more like Phil Potter from [the 1979 film] Starting Over. People do think I'm the Bandit [from Smokey and… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share Image
Trans Am sales went up 70 percent after Smokey and the Bandit, and I was promised a free car every year for… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share Image
It was a bit of a lark when I agreed to do [Smokey and the Bandit], and I knew we'd have fun… — 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 kill my pictures if they could. So maybe I'm pretty good in the movie. Then they use all these words like I'm 'surprisingly' good, or 'shockingly enough,' I'm good. It's like I crawled out from under… — 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 I open my mouth. Twenty years ago, I told myself I'd rather direct than act, and it's taken me this long. You lose your passion in acting. You make too many mistakes. Maybe that's why I… — 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, 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… — 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, and he saw my style and used that as a pattern.” quote by Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6ae/burt-reynolds-9553_bandits_smokey-and-the-bandit-was-the-first-pict_596169.jpg)
![“I'm really much more like Phil Potter from [the 1979 film] Starting Over. People do think I'm the Bandit [from Smokey and the Bandit ], and I'm a lot more serious than that.” quote by Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c9b/burt-reynolds-9553_bandits_i-m-really-much-more-like-phil-potter-fr_1165874.jpg)
![“It was a bit of a lark when I agreed to do [Smokey and the Bandit], and I knew we'd have fun if we could get Jackie Gleason.” quote by Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d79/burt-reynolds-9553_bandits_it-was-a-bit-of-a-lark-when-i-agreed-to_2936433.jpg)
