Film Quotes by Burt Lancaster
145 quotes
Year: 1969
Director:
John Frankenheimer
Director:
John Frankenheimer
Allen Brandon:
What I don't understand is, why you do this thing at all.
Joe Browdy: To me, it's a business.
Allen Brandon: And you Mr. Rettig? What's it to you? If you don't mind my asking.
Mike Rettig: I had a friend in the Army, a sergeant, a parachutist for about 20 years. He used to say that jumping was not only a way to live, but also a way to die. Damn few things are.
Joe Browdy: To me, it's a business.
Allen Brandon: And you Mr. Rettig? What's it to you? If you don't mind my asking.
Mike Rettig: I had a friend in the Army, a sergeant, a parachutist for about 20 years. He used to say that jumping was not only a way to live, but also a way to die. Damn few things are.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Mike Rettig)
in
The Gypsy Moths
(1969)
Year: 1968
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Kevin Gilmartin Jr.:
What's the - What's the matter?
Ned Merrill: I thought you were gonna dive!
Kevin Gilmartin Jr.: You thought I was gonna dive? There's no water in the pool!
Ned Merrill: Well... So long again.
Ned Merrill: I thought you were gonna dive!
Kevin Gilmartin Jr.: You thought I was gonna dive? There's no water in the pool!
Ned Merrill: Well... So long again.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Ned Merrill)
in
The Swimmer
(1968)
Year: 1951
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Hewie:
You always stand up for him, don't you, Owen?
Owen Daybright: When you're loyal to a man, Hewie, you're loyal to everything about him... even his faults.
Owen Daybright: When you're loyal to a man, Hewie, you're loyal to everything about him... even his faults.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Owen Daybright)
in
Vengeance Valley
(1951)
Year: 1960
Director:
John Huston
Director:
John Huston
Rachel Zachary:
Ben, what did those Indians want?
Ben Zachary: They offered to buy you for those five horses.
Rachel Zachary: Well, did you sell me?
Ben Zachary: Nope; held out for more horses.
Ben Zachary: They offered to buy you for those five horses.
Rachel Zachary: Well, did you sell me?
Ben Zachary: Nope; held out for more horses.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Ben Zachary)
in
The Unforgiven
(1960)
Year: 1960
Director:
John Huston
Director:
John Huston
Rachel Zachary:
I could marry that handsome, winsome Charlie or that baby Jude. I could even marry you.
Ben Zachary: Watch you language, girl.
Rachel Zachary: Well, why not? We're not cousins. We're not even relatives.
Ben Zachary: We're not even friends.
Ben Zachary: Watch you language, girl.
Rachel Zachary: Well, why not? We're not cousins. We're not even relatives.
Ben Zachary: We're not even friends.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Ben Zachary)
in
The Unforgiven
(1960)
Year: 1960
Director:
John Huston
Director:
John Huston
Cash Zachary:
When the wind's in the right direction, I can smell Injun a mile off.
Ben Zachary: Well, I hate to disappoint you, but that smell is comin' off of me. I haven't changed my dirt since Wichita, Kansas.
Ben Zachary: Well, I hate to disappoint you, but that smell is comin' off of me. I haven't changed my dirt since Wichita, Kansas.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Ben Zachary)
in
The Unforgiven
(1960)
Year: 1968
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Ned Merrill)
in
The Swimmer
(1968)
Year: 1968
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Mrs. Hammar:
You're not welcome here, Mister Merrill.
Ned Merrill: Well, you know me, don't you? I'm a friend of your son.
Mrs. Hammar: A friend. How dare you use that word. You never came to see him. You never even called him at the hospital.
Ned Merrill: Well how is he? Is he - better?
[Mrs. Hammar only glares in response]
Ned Merrill: Well, you know me, don't you? I'm a friend of your son.
Mrs. Hammar: A friend. How dare you use that word. You never came to see him. You never even called him at the hospital.
Ned Merrill: Well how is he? Is he - better?
[Mrs. Hammar only glares in response]
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Ned Merrill)
in
The Swimmer
(1968)
Year: 1954
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Director:
Robert Aldrich
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Joe Erin)
in
Vera Cruz
(1954)
Year: 1956
Director:
Joseph Anthony
Director:
Joseph Anthony
Noah Curry:
We don't believe in rainmakers.
Bill Starbuck: What DO you believe in mistah? Dyin' cattle?
Bill Starbuck: What DO you believe in mistah? Dyin' cattle?
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Bill Starbuck, aka Bill Smith, Bill Harley, Tornado Johnson)
in
The Rainmaker
(1956)