Burt Lancaster Quotes & Sayings

I judge a restaurant by the bread and by the coffee. — Burt Lancaster

You see, if you make believe hard enough that something is true, then it is true for you. — Burt Lancaster

I always try to improve, to find new ways of expressing myself, to keep looking for truth and originality. — Burt Lancaster

My brother never had me to dinner in his life. — Burt Lancaster

I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married. — Burt Lancaster

My former wife is a truly wonderful person. — Burt Lancaster

I've always wanted to get an education, and tonight's as good a time as any. — Burt Lancaster

I judge a restaurant by the bread & the coffee. — Burt Lancaster

They were fun days, and we set the town on fire with every movie we did. — Burt Lancaster

As long as you are curious, you defeat age. — Burt Lancaster

Alcoholics are mostly disappointed men. — Burt Lancaster

I walked out of class one day and I never went back. — Burt Lancaster

You have to fight against being an antique. — Burt Lancaster

We're all forgotten sooner or later. But not films. That's all the memorial we should need or hope for, — Burt Lancaster

I admire honesty and straightforwardness combined with true femininity. — Burt Lancaster

Mother beat the hell out of us. She'd have wild outbursts. — Burt Lancaster

I had the luck of having an obedient body. — Burt Lancaster

I am interested in being in pictures that I would like to see. — Burt Lancaster

A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes. — Burt Lancaster

Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death. — Burt Lancaster

I feel that I am a good actor. — Burt Lancaster

Sell yourself first, if you want to sell anything. — Burt Lancaster

I hate looking backward, but every once in a while it sneaks up on you. — Burt Lancaster

The first duty of life is to live. — Burt Lancaster

You sit in your tepee and dream and then you go to wherever the dream may take you. It might come true. You wait for real life to catch up. — Burt Lancaster

Obviously I am not the young man who came to Hollywood in 1946. — Burt Lancaster

Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee? — Burt Lancaster

I believe we should appeal to people at the higher levels. — Burt Lancaster

I have turned down a lot of garbage lately. — Burt Lancaster

Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion. — Burt Lancaster