Burt Reynolds Trivia and Quotes

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Burt had dated Sally Field on and off over several years, proposing marriage many times, each time being rejected. edit »
Burt fought a battle against pain pill addiction in the mid 1990's when married to Loni Anderson. He was taking over 60 Percocet a day. edit »
Burt declared bankruptcy in 1996, after a string of failed movies, and a bitter public divorce from Loni Anderson damaged his marketability. edit »
Burt posed nearly nude in the 1972 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine's centerfold. edit »
Burt received the 'Children At Heart Award' in June of 2000 for his efforts in benefitting and aiding the children of Cheranobyl. Their organization has rescued over 1600 children for terrible conditions that were created by fall-out in Chernobyl. edit »
Burt created a program to give college students scholastic credits as well as wages for their work while obtaining their education at the Burt Reynolds Institute for Theater (BRITT) in Tequesta, Florida. edit »
Burt's autobiography My Life went straight to the best seller's list and was an international success. edit »
Burt made his big screen debut in 1961, in the movie Angel Baby, but his breakout performance didn't come until 1972, when he starred in the controversial Deliverance. edit »
Burt was drafted by the Baltimore Colts National Football League, but declined their offer. edit »
Burt's favorite movies are: Starting Over, The End, Smokey & The Bandit, and Deliverance. edit »
Burt appeared along with Richard Dreyfuss, as over-the-hill mobsters, trying to pull one last job, in Disney's hit comedy The Crew(2000.) edit »
Burt founded the Jupiter Theater, in Jupiter, Florida. He directed eight productions, and starred in two movie roles in that theater. edit »
Burt made his Broadway debut when he appeared in director Jose Quintero's Look, We've Come Through. edit »
Burt's professional stage debut was with the legendary Charlton Heston in the 1956 New York revival of Mr. Roberts. edit »
Burt was named 'The Most Popular Star', 'The Star Of The Year', and '#1 Box Office Star' for five years in a row from the National Association of Theater Owners. edit »
Burt has receieved the 'People's Choice Award' for 'Favorite All Around Motion Picture Actor' for a record six consecutive years. edit »
Burt returned to Palm Beach, and to Florida State University after a full recovery from a knee injury. He changed his major from athletics to drama winning the 1956 'Florida State Drama Award'. edit »
Burt suffered a knee injury in 1955 and then a debilitating car accident, he came home from Palm Beach to Riviera Beach to heal. While healing, he took classes at Palm Beach Junior College to keep up with his studies. It was there that he met up with English Professor Watson Duncan III, the person who interested him in acting. edit »
Burt graduated from Palm Beach high school and went on to Florida State University on a college football scholarship, becoming an all-star Southern Conference halfback. edit »
Burt adopted a son, Quinton, in 1988. edit »
He is 5' 10" (1.78 m). edit »
Reynolds stars in a commercial for Miller Lite as a Member of the Square Table creating Man-Laws. (2006) edit »

Burt Reynolds: My movies were the kind they show in prisons and airplanes, because nobody can leave. edit »
Burt: (about a woman mistaking him for Marlon Brando) A woman mistook me for Brando. I tried to dissuade her but she kept coming back insisting I was Brando. edit »
Burt: (after one of his movies didn't do well in cinema) The best way not to fail again is to be absolutely positive that when you do it this time, you're going to do it right. edit »
Burt: I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act. edit »
Burt: Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done. edit »