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
Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.
I can't afford to die; I'd lose too much money.
I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.
I thought to myself, 'why not write a bestseller?' In the first place, more people buy them and more people read them. You make more money and it doesn’t take any more time to write a bestseller than it does to write a book nobody buys.
How did I ever get sick? I've already had everything.
She didn't need to go to acting school to learn that the essence of acting is to act like you're not acting.
I worried about playing God (in the movie Oh God). We're about the same age, but we grew up in different neighborhoods.
When asked in his late 90s if his doctor knew he still smoked, Burns said, 'No ... he's dead.'
Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up.
I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.
Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.
At my age flowers scare me.
I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.
In those days the best painkiller was ice; it wasn't addictive and it was particularly effective if you poured some whiskey over it.