George Burns
George Burns
George Burnswas an American comedian, actor, singer, and writer. He was one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three-quarters of a century. He and his wife, Gracie Allen, appeared on radio, television, and film as the comedy duo Burns and Allen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth20 January 1896
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down.
I did go to school - my kind of school. When I was a kid I went out ... and you meet people. You talk to them. Anybody says something that makes sense, it stays with you, rubs off on you. That kind of school.
Joy is obtaining a big, loving, caring shut-knit household in yet another town.
I'd rather be over the hill than under it.
I'd rather be a flop at show business than to be a success at something I didn't like.
If you were married to Marilyn Monroe, you'd cheat with some ugly girl.
Being an actor is easy, just picture someone in a room and you outside waiting for your cue to go in. Elliot Gould's been trying that for forty years.
If you stay in the business long enough and get to be old enough, you get to be new again.
What actresses do today when they appear on the screen is what they did once upon a time for getting to appear on the screen.
Well, anybody can be a straight man if he hears well. You just have to wait for laughs. A straight man just repeats the questions and the comedian gets the laughs and you just wait for them and don't let them die completely at the tail end of the laugh.
Critics are eunuchs at a gang bang.
I've been a straight man for so many years that from force of habit I repeat everything. I went out fishing with a fellow the other day and he fell overboard. He yelled, Help! Help! Help! so I said, Help? Help? Help? And while I was waiting for him to get his laugh, he drowned.
It's one of the old show business axioms. No matter how successful you've been, there's always a younger and sexier seal coming along.
When Jack Benny has a party, you not only bring your own scotch, you bring your own rocks.