Academy Quote by 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 or have a tracheotomy just before the nominations.”
“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 or have a tracheotomy just before the nominations.”
![“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)
![“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)
