Jerry Lewis quotes
- La trovi in Healthy life in Hollywood
“It'll keep you alive for another 10 years if you get yourself a laugh once a day.”
- From the movie: The Nutty Professor
“I think that the lesson that I learned came just in time. I don't want to be something that I'm not. I didn't like being someone else. At the same time I'm very glad I was cause I found out something that I never knew. You might as well like yourself. Just think about all the time you're going to have to spend with you. And if you don't think...” (continue)(continue reading)
- La trovi in Actors and Politics
“I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don't get into it because I do comedy already.”
- La trovi in Healthy life in Hollywood
“Adrenaline is wonderful. It covers pain. It covers dementia. It covers everything.”
- From the movie: The Nutty Professor
- From the movie: The Nutty Professor
- From the movie: The Nutty Professor
“- Buddy Love: I know what you're thinking: Where's he been all my life? Right?
- Stella Purdy: No, not exactly.
- Buddy Love: And that you're happy with the way I handled those three goons, right? Well, normally I would've belted them, but I didn't want to muss myself all up and have you dance with a sloppy guy. Dig?” - From the movie: The Trust
“- Jim Stone: [indicating bail statement for $200,000 cash] What do you think?
- Jim's Father: Well, I think there's a lot more to making a cop than just paper.
-Jim Stone: Yes, but I just thought it was unusual.
- Jim's Father: It is ... You know, a good cop is going to look at it and know exactly what to do.” - La trovi in Acting Coaching
“Work never killed anyone, it's the pressure that's bumping people off. Regardless of who I'm talking with, if I become uncomfortable I walk away, spit twice, take a deep breath and count to sixty. It took two of the finest specialists in the world to teach me that.”
- La trovi in Relationships in Hollywood
- La trovi in Addiction and Actors
“Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them. ”
- La trovi in Reputation and Popularity
“Critics have no brains. ”
- La trovi in Relationships in Hollywood
“People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius. ”
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I get paid for what most kids get punished for. ”
- La trovi in Actors' Love Affairs
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I've had great success being a total idiot. ”
“Comedy is a man in trouble. And without it, there's no humor.”
- From the movie: The King of Comedy
“- Rupert Pupkin: I'm gonna work 50 times harder, and I'm gonna be 50 times more famous than you.
- Jerry Langford: Then you're gonna have idiots like you plaguing your life!” - From the movie: The King of Comedy
“- Rupert Pupkin: I'm sorry. I made a mistake.
- Jerry Langford: So did Hitler.” - From the movie: The King of Comedy
- From the movie: The King of Comedy
“- Jerry Langford: This is a crazy business, but it's not unlike any other business. There are ground rules, and you don't just walk on to a network show without experience. Now I know it's an old, hackneyed expression, but it happens to be the truth. You've got to start at the bottom.
- Rupert Pupkin: I know. That's where I am, at the bottom.
-...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: The King of Comedy
“- Woman in Telephone Booth: You're just wonderful. I've watched you your entire career. You're a joy to the world. Please... would you just please say something to my nephew Morris on the phone? He's in the hospital, and anything that...
- Jerry Langford: I'm sorry, I'm late.
- Woman in Telephone Booth: You should only get cancer! I hope you get...” (continue)(continue reading)
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