If I want to be up for an Academy Award, I'm either going to have to play a tour de force of some kind or have a tracheotomy just before the nominations.

I love Stroker Ace. I love the whole team. Jim Nabors really stole the show, and Ned Beatty, well I've made more of my movies with Ned Beatty than anybody else.

It was a bit of a lark when I agreed to do [Smokey and the Bandit], and I knew we'd have fun if we could get Jackie Gleason.

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.

The moment you grab someone by the lapels, you're lost.

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

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.