Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancasterwas an American film actor. Initially known for playing "tough guys", Lancaster went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles, He was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once for his work in Elmer Gantry in 1960. He also won a Golden Globe for that performance and BAFTA Awards for The Birdman of Alcatrazand Atlantic City. His production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was the most successful and innovative star-driven independent production company in Hollywood...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth2 November 1913
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
You have to fight against being an antique
I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.
Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death
Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee?
I've always wanted to get an education, and tonight's as good a time as any
You sit in your tepee and dream and then you go to wherever the dream may take you. It might come true. You wait for real life to catch up.
I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.
Obviously I am not the young man who came to Hollywood in 1946
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We're all forgotten sooner or later. But not films. That's all the memorial we should need or hope for,
You see, if you make believe hard enough that something is true, then it is true for you.
When two partners always agree, one of them aint necessary.
I am interested in being in pictures that I would like to see.
The first duty of life is to live.