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
People are always asking me how much I'm worth. Well, all I can say is, I've got enough money to last me the rest of my life. As long as I die in the next 20 minutes.
I use the cigar for timing purposes. If I tell a joke, I smoke as long as they laugh and when they stop laughing I take the cigar out of my mouth and start my next joke.
If you stay in the business long enough and get to be old enough, you get to be new again.
As long as you're working, you stay young.
Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as you're working, you stay young. When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.
Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair
I think I look about 40 to 45, so I like it.
Look to the future, because that is where you'll spend the rest of your life.
We were what you call a disappointment act, ... If an act got sick, we'd take their place.
You've got to be honest; if you can fake that, you've got it made.
The most important thing in acting is honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair.