Top 41 Quotes & Sayings by Burt Lancaster

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Last updated on December 19, 2024.

Burton Stephen Lancaster was an American actor and producer. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-year career in film and, later, television. He was a four-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and he also won two BAFTA Awards and one Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actor. The American Film Institute ranks Lancaster as #19 of the greatest male stars of classic Hollywood cinema.

American - Actor | November 2, 1913 - October 20, 1994

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I had the luck of having an obedient body.

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Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death.

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

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

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Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee?

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

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

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

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I judge a restaurant by the bread and by the coffee.

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

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

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You have to fight against being an antique.

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

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My brother never had me to dinner in his life.

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

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

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I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.

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My former wife is a truly wonderful person.

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I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.

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I feel that I am a good actor.

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

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Sell yourself first, if you want to sell anything.

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

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You have to fight against being an antique

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I walked out of class one day and I never went back

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Alcoholics are mostly disappointed men.

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Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death

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

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

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The first duty of life is to live.

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Obviously I am not the young man who came to Hollywood in 1946

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As long as you are curious, you defeat age.

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When two partners always agree, one of them aint necessary.

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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.

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I admire honesty and straightforwardness combined with true femininity.

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

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I did something wrong - once.

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I judge a restaurant by the bread & the coffee.

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

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Most people seem to think I'm the kind of guy who shaves with a blowtorch. Actually I'm bookish and worrisome.

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Top 41 Quotes & Sayings by Burt Lancaster

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