I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.

- Burt Lancaster

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

- Burt Lancaster

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

- Burt Lancaster

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

- Burt Lancaster

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

- Burt Lancaster

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

- Burt Lancaster

I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.

- Burt Lancaster

Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death.

- Burt Lancaster

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

- Burt Lancaster

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

- Burt Lancaster

I had the luck of having an obedient body.

- 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 brother never had me to dinner in his life.

- Burt Lancaster

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

- Burt Lancaster

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

- Burt Lancaster

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

- Burt Lancaster

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

- Burt Lancaster

I feel that I am a good actor.

- Burt Lancaster

My former wife is a truly wonderful person.

- Burt Lancaster

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

- Burt Lancaster