George Burns
George Burns
George Burnswas an American comedian, actor, singer, and writer. He was one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three-quarters of a century. He and his wife, Gracie Allen, appeared on radio, television, and film as the comedy duo Burns and Allen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth20 January 1896
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
If I paid ten dollars for a cigar, first I'd make love to it, then I'd smoke it.
How did I ever get sick? I've already had everything.
I would read Playboy more often, but my glasses keep steaming up.
It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.
A married couple that plays cards together is just a fight that hasn't started yet.
I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down.
I did go to school - my kind of school. When I was a kid I went out ... and you meet people. You talk to them. Anybody says something that makes sense, it stays with you, rubs off on you. That kind of school.
Joy is obtaining a big, loving, caring shut-knit household in yet another town.
I'd rather be over the hill than under it.
I'd rather be a flop at show business than to be a success at something I didn't like.
If you were married to Marilyn Monroe, you'd cheat with some ugly girl.
Being an actor is easy, just picture someone in a room and you outside waiting for your cue to go in. Elliot Gould's been trying that for forty years.
If you stay in the business long enough and get to be old enough, you get to be new again.
What actresses do today when they appear on the screen is what they did once upon a time for getting to appear on the screen.