Film Quotes by Burt Lancaster
145 quotes
Year: 1968
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Ned Merrill:
Yes, Sir, those kids of mine think I got all the answers. Those kids of mine think I'm just about it!
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Ned Merrill)
in
The Swimmer
(1968)
Year: 1968
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Ned Merrill:
You loved it. You loved it. We *both* loved it. *You loved it!*
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Ned Merrill)
in
The Swimmer
(1968)
Year: 1968
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Ned Merrill:
You must be crazy. Everybody's gone crazy today. I just came from the Biswangers. They snubbed me... everybody at their party snubbed me. They've even got my hot dog wagon.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Ned Merrill)
in
The Swimmer
(1968)
Year: 1968
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Ned Merrill:
You see, if you make believe hard enough that something is true, then it *is* true for *you*.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Ned Merrill)
in
The Swimmer
(1968)
Year: 1968
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Director:
Frank Perry*Sydney Pollack
Ned Merrill:
You're the captain of your soul. That's what counts. Know what I mean?
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Ned Merrill)
in
The Swimmer
(1968)
Year: 1951
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Owen Daybright:
I always heard you were a pretty good saloon fighter, Herb. How are you without a bottle or a knife?
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Owen Daybright)
in
Vengeance Valley
(1951)
Year: 1951
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Owen Daybright:
There are some things and some people you can't run away from.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Owen Daybright)
in
Vengeance Valley
(1951)
Year: 1963
Director:
Luchino Visconti
Director:
Luchino Visconti
Prince Don Fabrizio Salina:
[of the Sicilians] "They never want to improve. They think themselves perfect. Their vanity is greater than their misery."
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina)
in
The Leopard
(1963)
Year: 1963
Director:
Luchino Visconti
Director:
Luchino Visconti
Prince Don Fabrizio Salina:
[to Father Pirronr] You're used to naked souls. You should know that naked bodies are far more innocent.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina)
in
The Leopard
(1963)
Year: 1963
Director:
Luchino Visconti
Director:
Luchino Visconti
Prince Don Fabrizio Salina:
I belong to an unlucky generation, astride between two worlds and ill-at-ease in both. And what is more, I am completely without illusions. Now, what would the Senate do with me, an inexperienced legislator who lacks the faculty for self-deception, an essential requisite for wanting to guide others. No, I cannot lift a finger in politics. It would be bitten off.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina)
in
The Leopard
(1963)