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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/but-then-when-i-m-in-a-halfway-successful-movie-it-irritates-the-hell/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

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## More by Burt Reynolds

> [The most important thing to remember is: to protect your quarterback - ME!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/the-most-important-thing-to-remember-is-to-protect-your-quarterback-me/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/if-i-hadn-t-been-an-actor-i-would-have-been-a-coach-and-i-would-have/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/i-thought-deliverance-was-a-very-good-film-but-it-didn-t-have-the/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

> [You can only hold your stomach in for so many years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/you-can-only-hold-your-stomach-in-for-so-many-years/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/if-i-want-to-be-up-for-an-academy-award-i-m-either-going-to-have-to/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

> [“Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get his laundry done.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/marriage-is-about-the-most-expensive-way-for-the-average-man-to-get/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

> [Florida is a very healing place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/florida-is-a-very-healing-place/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

> [I hate prejudice of any kind, whether it be color or sexual preference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/i-hate-prejudice-of-any-kind-whether-it-be-color-or-sexual-preference/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/i-m-just-trying-desperately-to-hang-on-to-my-true-friends-like-jon/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/but-then-when-i-m-in-a-halfway-successful-movie-it-irritates-the-hell/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/that-s-a-big-responsibility-and-the-details-obsess-me-and-also-i-no/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

> [ We got Sally Field onboard \[in Smokey and the Bandit\] and it changed the entire dynamic. About a third of the way into filming,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/we-got-sally-field-onboard-in-smokey-and-the-bandit-and-it-changed/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

> [ Smokey and the Bandit was the first picture \[Hal Needham \] directed, and I knew he could handle it. I had just directed Gator,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/smokey-and-the-bandit-was-the-first-picture-hal-needham-directed-and/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

> [The audience will always forgive you for being wrong and exciting, but never for being right and dull.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/the-audience-will-always-forgive-you-for-being-wrong-and-exciting-but/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-reynolds/i-m-proud-of-deliverance-because-it-was-a-very-dangerous-film-to-make/)

[Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-reynolds/)

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