Quotes from Burt Reynolds

I don't take myself seriously, and I think the ones that do, there's some sickness with people like that.

Jay Leno is wonderful and a good friend, but it will always be the Carson show to a lot of people.

The stupidest thing I ever did was turn down 'Terms of Endearment' to do 'Cannonball Run II.' Jim Brooks wrote the part of the astronaut for me. Taking that role would have been a way to get all the things I wanted.

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.

Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done.

Retirement must be wonderful. I mean, you can suck in your stomach for only so long.

It's always possible to spend more money.

I'm terrified of marriage. I'm terrified of not doing something so important and at the same time I think you shouldn't rush into these things.

You're not a man until your father says you're a man.

Women are my drugs and alcohol. When I'm involved with one woman, I'm involved with one woman. Period. But between romances, I am carnivorous.

There are three stages of an actor's career: Young, Old, and 'You look good!'

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 made more money than 'Star Wars' in the first week.

You can only hold your stomach in for so many years.

I felt good when I did a stunt, and if it was really dangerous - like if I got out on a horse or a bull that was rank, or jumped out of this building on a bag - I felt great.

I regret that I do not have the dignity of Ricardo Montalban, the class of Dean Martin, or the humor of Bill Cosby. I do have the heart of a lion.

Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done

When an actor marries an actress they both fight for the mirror.