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

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

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

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

I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.
Burt Lancaster

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

I feel that I am a good actor.
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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

My former wife is a truly wonderful person.
Burt Lancaster

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

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

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