Film Quotes by Burt Lancaster
145 quotes
Year: 1948
Director:
Anatole Litvak
Director:
Anatole Litvak
Henry Stevenson:
[to Leona] I want you to do something. I want you to get yourself out of the bed, and get over to the window and scream as loud as you can. Otherwise you only have another three minutes to live.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Henry Stevenson)
in
Sorry, Wrong Number
(1948)
Year: 1948
Director:
Anatole Litvak
Director:
Anatole Litvak
Henry Stevenson:
Besides, what does a dame like you want with a guy like me?
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Henry Stevenson)
in
Sorry, Wrong Number
(1948)
Year: 1948
Director:
Anatole Litvak
Director:
Anatole Litvak
Henry Stevenson:
You can't live on dreams forever. Waiting only weakens you and your dream. My motto is: "If you want something, get it now!"
--
Burt Lancaster
(as Henry Stevenson)
in
Sorry, Wrong Number
(1948)
Year: 1957
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
J.J. Hunsecker:
Don't remove the gangplank, Sidney - you may wanna get back onboard.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as J.J. Hunsecker)
in
Sweet Smell of Success
(1957)
Year: 1957
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
J.J. Hunsecker:
Everybody knows Manny Davis - except Mrs. Manny Davis.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as J.J. Hunsecker)
in
Sweet Smell of Success
(1957)
Year: 1957
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
J.J. Hunsecker:
Harvey, I often wish I were dead and wore a hearing aid. With a simple flick of a switch, I could shut out the greedy murmur of little men.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as J.J. Hunsecker)
in
Sweet Smell of Success
(1957)
Year: 1957
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
J.J. Hunsecker:
Here's your head; what's your hurry?
--
Burt Lancaster
(as J.J. Hunsecker)
in
Sweet Smell of Success
(1957)
Year: 1957
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
J.J. Hunsecker:
How do you spell Picasso, the French painter?
[Taps out three letters on his manual typewriter upon hearing Sidney's response]
J.J. Hunsecker: It's an item - I hear he goes out with three-eyed girls.
[Taps out three letters on his manual typewriter upon hearing Sidney's response]
J.J. Hunsecker: It's an item - I hear he goes out with three-eyed girls.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as J.J. Hunsecker)
in
Sweet Smell of Success
(1957)
Year: 1957
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
J.J. Hunsecker:
I like Harry, but I can't deny he sweats a little.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as J.J. Hunsecker)
in
Sweet Smell of Success
(1957)
Year: 1957
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
J.J. Hunsecker:
I love this dirty town.
--
Burt Lancaster
(as J.J. Hunsecker)
in
Sweet Smell of Success
(1957)