No star since-not Mel Gibson, not Tom Cruise-has matched this feat. From 1978 to 1982, he spent five straight years as Hollywood’s top box-office draw. If you were a young moviegoer in the early 1980s, as I was, you were pretty much compelled to take sides on the matter of Burt Reynolds. “I don’t want to sell,” Reynolds says, softly. His eyes fix on someone outside it’s a surveyor measuring the pool’s bar area for a group interested in buying Valhalla. “That’s one of the rare things that does piss me off.” He adds, “I’m not bankrupt, by any means. When I mention the auction rumor, he rejects it with relish. There are a couple of actors who are quite brilliant with the way they’ve handled their money.” He smiles. But I haven’t been somebody who’s been smart about his money. “I’ve still done well in terms of owning property and things like that. “I’ve lost more money than is possible because I just haven’t watched it,” he says. He leans his spindly frame on a black cane. He’s seated on the sofa facing away from me and toward a picture window that reveals his pool, his cabana, and his great lawn (which leads toward his boat dock, his helipad, and his private beach). We met in his living room, an airy, vaguely retro space anchored by an electric-blue rug, a mirrored wall, and two opposing white sofas. Putnam’s Sons.Īlthough the book is largely a work of nostalgia-a valentine to those, including Bette Davis, Johnny Carson, Clint Eastwood, and Sally Field, who shaped his life and career-Reynolds agreed to talk about anything and everything for this article.
His silence endured until he finished work on a book, But Enough About Me: A Memoir, published this month by G.
His old nemesis, the National Enquirer, led the media pack: BROKEN BURT REYNOLDS CLINGING ON TO LIFE.īut aside from the rare quickie comment-“I am not broke,” he told Entertainment Tonight-Reynolds remained sequestered in Tequesta. During his few public appearances, he leaned on a cane and looked frail. Last year, after Reynolds auctioned off personal possessions-among them the 1998 Golden Globe award he won for his role in Boogie Nights and a gold watch he received from Sally Field-came reports that he was desperately broke. Lately, his absence from public view has fueled doomsday reports.
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