Money doesn't buy happiness. It buys great hookers - but not happiness.

You're not a man until your father says you're a man.

When an actor marries an actress they both fight for the mirror.

Gator [ McKlusky from White Lightning] was a criminal and a felon, but he had a good heart - he's probably a cousin to Bo. Bo was not a felon and definitely never wanted to hurt anybody - the final scene confirms that. He confesses to Buford T. Justice that he is right behind him. Gator McKlusky would not have done that.

Florida is a very healing place.

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.

There are no awards in Hollywood for being an idiot.