“I had the best mentors in the world - I had Jimmy Stewart and Hank Fonda. There’s something wrong with a society that says, ‘You’re the wit,’ but ‘You’re not the teacher.’ ” ( 1991)ĪPPRECIATION: Burt Reynolds ran through my youth as a charmer and a spinner of wiles » “We have a thing in this town that if you are enormously witty and gregarious, you can’t be very deep. “ Linda Bloodworth-Thomason asked what I would have done if I hadn’t been an actor, and I said, ‘probably a football coach.’ I love kids and know I am very good at communicating with young people, and I love sports.” ( 1991) On what he would’ve done if he weren’t an actor: Then they gave me a neck even a turkey wouldn’t want.” ( 1988) “Of course, the first thing they did in the makeup chair for ‘Breaking In’ was give me sagging eyelids. I had a little work done on it to get it back remotely where it belonged. I’ve been punched so much through the years, both playing ball and doing stunts, that my right eyelid sagged so badly my peripheral vision was affected. “After you’re in the spotlight for a long time, people, both men and women, are forever whispering names of surgeons in your ear, along with little exercises to shape up the turkey neck, the double chin, the sagging eye. RELATED: Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson: The ugly divorce that just wouldn’t end » … I’m not going to get in a urinating contest with Sally because I’d lose.” ( 1987) The great minds at Universal never thought she was sexy or talented enough to be in ‘Smokey and the Bandit,’ but I knew then and still feel she’s a super talent. I really felt I was lucky to be with Sally. I always think that the women I fall in love with, I’m going to be with them forever. I’ve got a lot to prove to a lot of people.” ( 1987) “I know a lot of people in this business think I’m a has-been, but I know the public will give me another chance. Now I feel I’ve gotten better at my craft.” ( 1987) “I had a good run at the top, which I never expected to last as long as it did.
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Once I got back into being a working actor instead of being a movie star, I realized what Clint Eastwood’s been trying to tell me for years: Life is too short for you not to do the projects you want to do with the people you like.” More recently, Reynolds played an aging actor in “The Last Movie Star” - a role that made the octogenarian reflect on his prolific career.įollowing are some of the wit and wisdom Reynolds imparted in the pages of the Los Angeles Times over the years. He earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for his starring role in the 1990s sitcom “Evening Shade” and belated critical acclaim as porn director Jack Horner in 1997’s “Boogie Nights,” which earned him a supporting actor Oscar nomination.
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Though a series of flops and tabloid-ready scandals turned Reynolds into a punchline for some time, the actor mounted a comeback on the small screen.
Off the field and at the height of his career, he was best known for dominating the box office in the 1970s with hits like “Smokey and the Bandit.”
The mustachioed star, who died Thursday at age 82, played football on a Florida State scholarship until a knee injury ended his athletic career. Late actor Burt Reynolds didn’t shy away from his critics, frequently addressing what fans and the press thought of him - as well as what he thought of himself.
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