I ran Burt's Private Box at his Dinner Theater in Jupiter Florida where he brought many big stars in to perform. He was first class, funny, kind & the most generous person in show biz. RIP Burt, You still are the warmest, brightest, coolest actor ever, without a script.
🥰 I loved that place way back when, when it was still really Cool and painted deep pink, Loni's favorite color😊. My boyfriend and I used to sit by the duck pond there being young kids all in love and stuff and feeding the ducks🦆🦆🦆. Jupiter was Magical back in the 60s and 70s for me, and swimming in the ocean there was Beautiful!🌊🧜🏼♀️🌊🌊🌊🌊🦈🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
P. S. I never met Burt, but I'm not surprised that he was super sweet, Jupiter Beach back then just made Everyone Happy and feel laid back. I met lots of other celebs at the publix there and the 7/11. Great Times!
I managed a camera store in Woodland Hills, and he came in looking for some equipment. After he left, the manager of our Sherman Oaks Store called and said he helped Lonnie Anderson. He was very nice, soft spoken and humble.
@AMT Burt's Mom & Dad, who was a retired FLA. Sheriff were at 'every' opening night 'show' with Burt, & often dropped by the theater unannounced, (as Burt built a huge ranch for them just a few miles away from the theater.) They were adorable, & Burt loved them so much, his eyes sparkled when ever they were together, and his Mom loved to tell stories about when he was young, with Burt & her laughing every time. He hired so many of his friends in showbiz, placing them in his films & always put them in the plays at his theater if they needed work. All employees at the theater were treated as family, almost all servers were local Jupiter H.S. Kids. We all called him Burt just as he requested, not Mr. Reynolds. He was magical, kind, and listened to everyone, any time he was approached. I never saw him turn down a request from a fan or employee, to answer a question, sign an autograph, or take a picture.The most underrated actor of his generation, possibly because he was such a kind hearted kid from Florida who loved his family and friends much more than the fame he achieved. I am an artist today, because of Burt's kind words to me.RIP Burt-Jack Armstrong www.thelifeofluxury.com/the-7-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world-by-a-living-artist/
I love Norm, a lot. I love Burt because of Norm. I don't like Norm's Burt or Dave. For me, they are not funny or good. Turd Ferguson is funny, but I don't see the imitation. On a side note, Ferrell's Trebek is outright pathetic.
I did his backstage catering at a signing event in mid-1990's at a convention. He was so kind, humble, gracious and easy to take care of all day, never demanding. Witty guy. Great day hanging with Burt one on one most of the day. Just a great guy.
Burt Reynolds was a man’s man…a total badass…the epitome of cool. But damn if he couldn’t be hilarious when he wanted to be…he had the most infectious laughs. He’s the only actor that can look the directly into the camera in a movie and get away with it. We love Burt Reynolds…Godspeed!!
@@damonmichaels6708 No doubt. He was brilliant in Boogie nights. It's also quite funny that he hated making the movie lol. He said he would never work with the director again.
By far the best Burt Reynolds interview I have ever seen... his ultra sharp wit, charm. humor and honesty really is endearing. He is definitely a man's man! Can't really think of anybody in acting today like him at all... Burt was unique and just cool as hell
@@williefufu2985 I read somewhere that he was bisexual and that it was one of the best kept secrets in Hollywood. People talk a lot of s**t though, so I don't know.
I’m now 59, and I can remember as a boy/teenager watching him in Deliverance and being so impressed with the raw masculine power he possessed. A movie that increased in complexity as I watched again and again through the years. I also have to mention a movie largely forgotten that starred in and directed, Sharky’s Machine. Great movie with many great performances, including his own. An under appreciated actor and a wonderful character, he is missed.
@bobkelly3734 I am 54 and I remember watching "Hooper" i think it was, and I was going to be a stuntman. I wrote a paper about it in grade school. (the only paper I ever wrote where I wish I had more words i could have used) And I began jumping off of our house roof and rolling across the yard, i was falling out of trees by hitting branches along the way. And I would fake slip and fall down every set of stairs that I came across. I became so good at that, many years later when I became a father, I would fake slip and fall with my newborn son in my arms and go headfirst on my back down the stairs and absolutely terrify everyone in my family at least once. lol.
Burt's frankness and honesty was such a shot of oxygen in an industry where celebs can be just as prissily performative offscreen as on. His comment about critics like Pauline Kael was interesting, a jab at critics who not only insulted him by imagining he was dumbing it down in some of his movies, but insulting his audience as well by inferring that he needed to.
Just finished listening to Burt Reynolds' autobiography audiobook, read by Burt himself. He cries A LOT while reading the book, when talking about his life, his dad, his friends (like Dom DeLuise) and relationship failures (like Sally Field). He was nothing like his screen persona. Always seeking the love of his father, very sensitive and always needing validation, and putting on a macho performance to hide it all. I recommend every Burt fan reads or listens to it. A week after he died, Sally Field released her own autobiography. It looks like she didn't want Burt to read it
Lost some respect for Sally that she never gave him a heads up about her book & an opportunity to respond, if he desired to do so. She put out a very nice statement about their time together after he died, but then in other interviews continued to knock him. Really strange & not very tasteful to continue to negatively comment when the individual is no longer around to defend themselves.
We need more actors like Burt now more than ever. I saw "Smokey and the Bandit" and "Cannon Ball Run" in the movie theater when I was a kid. Thanks for all the memories Burt.
I still think it's almost criminal that not only didn't "Deliverance" win a single award (Oscar or Golden Globes), but that only Jon Voight was nominated as "Best Actor" for the Golden Globes. Don't get me wrong, Voight is himself a great actor, but I thought Burt was incredible in that movie.
All three actors, I loved very much! I love what Marlon Brando did, helping the Native Americans! Sean Connery, the original James Bond, a very superb actor and Burt, a stylish actor!
If only he said yes,when offerd the Bond role in 1971, the producers wanted Burt for Live and let die,I can see doing that crocodile run,trouble is he would of done it for real,
Burt was one of the most authentic, honest and down to earth actors of the era. He loved life, people and had a great sense of humor. He was a true star.
@@Seattle_Slew speaks for me. As a kid Burt Reynolds was my idol. Yeah he wasn’t perfect and fame did to him what it did to most, made him arrogant, but I liked him.
No dude, this is exactly what a man still needs to be even today, nothing has changed. Outside of the internet, outside of social insanity.... We humans are just animals driven by instinct and desire. A strong and beautiful man will always have the world at his feet
As with all celebrities people have trouble separating the characters they play on screen with the actual person. The real persona that was Burt Reynolds was a kind and generous person who cared about people but he also had a natural self confidence and flirty side that carried him well thru school, college, and acting. A part of his real self persona shown thru the screen and it's what drew people or endeared them to him. In most of his movies a big part of his character was playing himself. He has a swagger and light heartedness and it attracted both women and men and even the young were drawn to him. In his defense, for all those who are critical of his acting, people go to the movies to be entertained and very very few are there to annalize if he gave an Oscar winning performance. He had a few regrets later in his career that he was not respected as much as he should have been as an actor and didn't want to loved just for his looks. I think he was a great acting talent but type cast like all too many great actors and actresses have been. I thought his performance in, "Boogie Nights" and "Deliverance" were both superb; the man could act and couldn't help it if he looked good! RIP Buddy.
Burt was underrated as an actor and he was an actor, but he was much more a movie star. He had talent and charisma. Did he play similar characters? Yes. I don’t think that’s a bad thing. A lot of great movie stars have. One of my all time favorite movies...Smokey and the Bandit. It never gets old.
When Burt tried other roles, he was seriously criticized, which I believe really hurt him & he did give up on them for a very long time. Watch him in "Starting Over". Everyone was nominated for an Oscar, except Burt. The role Jack Nicholson played in "Terms of Endearment" was actually written for Burt, & he shockingly turned it down! (Did another foolish car movie instead). That was one of the biggest mistakes of his career, & he knew it. But he had lost confidence in himself. Quite a shame, as dramatic roles were really where he shined.
Trust me when I say this, Burt was gifted with good looks and great body and the perfect height. Not everyone that comes out the womb can have so many gifts.
So somewhere between 1992-1994 I'm invited to the Friar's Club roast of Burt Reynolds and I'm in the restroom during an intermission and low and behold in walks Burt Reynolds. I never thought about it then but hearing him in this interview I now get that he was a down-to-earth guy. I mean he could have easily used the bathroom that I'm sure they had back stage and instead he had to walk down and through the crowd to get to what was essentially the public restroom. At the time I knew he was a former football player so after my surprise of seeing him my next thought was in assessing how tall he was or wasn't. What a super inconsequential moment it was (in a restroom of all places) and now that he has passed it feels a bit more cherished. Anyway, thanks for the clip. Rest in Peace Mr. Reynolds.
Great interview I had never seen before! Burt was the biggest movie star in the world, but you would never know it if you got the chance to meet him. Very humble and kind to everyone he worked with.
Funny I didn't know if I loved him as a kid, but as an Adult I love this guy and have enjoyed the bulk of his work. Thank You Burt for doing really well my friend...you passed away when my sister did and I love you both. BGW
He was a unique Hollywood star,he didn’t take himself or the business too seriously.His time filling in for Carson on the Tonight show were just great.
That was a wonderful interview. I remember watching him in Smokey and the Bandit on the big screen. He has so many great movies and it's sad that as we get older our past dies away.
@@jc4388 He wasn't luded out he was just so chill in those days, so laid back and relaxed. In the seventies there was a word used "cocksure" and he was.Most of us never get to experience being able to truly have just about any woman or anything else he wanted for that matter.
It is only up to those who are conscious of this fact, to help current and next generations to be more educated, more descent and more respectful of other people.
Thanks for this showing of Burt. He is why people loved him so mush. It is just nice seeing himself not take his self seriously. Thanks. Be blessed. :-)
He is the aspiration of a man. In the 80's But he was more man than most man will ever hope to be. Deep down inside, beneath that impersonation of a smart ass he did at the beginning, he IS more man than the rest of us. Sally would agree:) He was the man of his era
The last movie Burt Reynolds played in 2017 I guess it was so heartbreaking seeing him so old he couldn't even talk, walk or stand up or even sitting up straight. I'm still depressed by that movie. Good looking actors shouldn't end that way.
@@debowiec3comes a time when modesty isn't important as just paying the bills . I've been in a environment where I didn't want be been in bad shape but said what the hell these people really don't know me and guess what I survived it . Modesty you put behind you .
Not willing wear that mask of faux-affability in the most banal of formats, the talk show...and a million times more riveting & engaging for it. Burt was sum’pin special. ❤️
Yeah. I think Quentin Tarantino was influenced a tiny bit by Mr. Reynolds as a director: that penchant for extraneous dialogue that seems to go nowhere, but draws you in. (I saw Stick on a date in the 80s. That movie has some nice little banter scenes in it, though it is forgotten today.)
