Edd Byrnes Quotes

United States, Television Actor
July 30, 1933 – January, 8, 2020.

Edd Byrnes is an American actor best known for his starring role in the television series 77 Sunset Strip. He also was featured in the 1978 film Grease as television teen-dance show host Vince Fontaine, and was a charting recording artist with "Kookie, Kookie—Lend Me Your Comb" (with Connie Stevens).

Also known as Film Actor

I don't envy young actors.

Edd Byrnes
- Young
- Envy
- Young Actors
The divorce was the toughest thing in my life. It still hurts.

Edd Byrnes
- Life
- My Life
- Divorce

Happiness is an inside job.

Edd Byrnes
- Job
- Happiness
- Inside
In the days when I was the big hero, the money wasn't much. Nobody made anything on television in those days.

Edd Byrnes
- Money
- Hero
- Television
I went to Yugoslavia to make a movie. People saw me there and asked me to do a movie in Germany. And that led to a movie in Italy. Before I knew it, I was in Europe for most of the next 10 years.

Edd Byrnes
- People
- Movie
- Me
Madeleine Albright introduced herself to me. I talked to Henry Kissinger and Barbara Walters. And I asked Peter Jennings to write a note of encouragement to my son, Logan, a news anchor at the ABC affiliate in Palm Springs.

Edd Byrnes
- Son
- Write
- Encouragement
I remember we would get young, aspiring actors to come on '77 Sunset Strip' - I remember George Kennedy was one of those - and they would do a big guest star part, a lead, and they'd be paid maybe $850.

Edd Byrnes
- Remember
- Star
- Sunset
It was hard to admit I had a problem when I still had money, property, prestige. How can I have a problem when I'm driving my new Mercedes, and it's paid for, and I have a house at Malibu?

Edd Byrnes
- Money
- House
- Problem

When I was 18, I drove from New York to California to be a movie star. Not an actor, mind you, but a movie star. Have you ever heard of anything so silly?

Edd Byrnes
- Mind
- Movie
- Star