Our family really didn't have a car; we had my dad's police cruiser. Later he got a Buick, and that's what I was driving when I had a wreck. I'm lucky it was as big and strong as it was, because that Buick is what saved my life.

My acting is a bit like basketball. Most females in my films come off very well. I give great assist. And if I'm lucky, I even score.

The most important thing to remember is: to protect your quarterback - ME!

My movies were the kind they show in prisons and airplanes, because nobody can leave.

Smokey and the Bandit was the first picture [Hal Needham ] directed, and I knew he could handle it. I had just directed Gator, and he saw my style and used that as a pattern.

Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done.

Florida is a very healing place.