A fan is a fan is a friend no matter what current he/she/it operates on, AC or DC. Thanks for being one of mine.

The audience will always forgive you for being wrong and exciting, but never for being right and dull.

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.

Florida is a very healing place.

All of the younger actors keep coming up to me and asking me where all of the land mines are because they know I've stepped on them all.

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 had an Indian Scout motorcycle during high school, but I never could take it to school. My dad would sneak out at night and pull the spark-plug wires.