You get to a certain age, where you know you can't go over the wall, but I'll never get to the age where I can't go through it.

I'm really much more like Phil Potter from [the 1979 film] Starting Over. People do think I'm the Bandit [from Smokey and the Bandit ], and I'm a lot more serious than that.

In football you can make it if you've got the 'I'm-going-to-get-up-off-the-ground-and-kick-your-ass' attitude.

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

We got Sally Field onboard [in Smokey and the Bandit] and it changed the entire dynamic. About a third of the way into filming, I was in the car with Sally and there was this little moment where we kind of looked at each other, and then we both turned and looked over at Hal [Needham]. He gave us a thumbs up and said, "Yeah!" And we kind of knew there was some magic going on.

I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.

You get to a certain age, where you know you can't go over the wall, but I'll never get to the age where I can't go through it.