Jerry Lewis Quotes

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Jerry Lewis

Profession : Comedian

Birth : March 16, 1926

I'm really not thick-skinned - my wife will tell you that I take sunsets personally - but I know that I've got the belly for whatever comes down the pike. I think it's tenacity. You've been there before, and you just have to recall, 'How did I handle that one?'

Jerry Lewis

Turning 90 is not for sissies.

Jerry Lewis

You would not believe some of the scripts I have seen. I have read something like 160 that I've rejected, and I keep them all, for posterity.

Jerry Lewis

I'm an unusual man. I know that.

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I don't talk about anything negative.

Jerry Lewis

Marilyn Monroe was a fabulous dame - fabulous.

Jerry Lewis

I happen to believe in the human condition so strongly that I don't have to make up games to play with people. Here's what I think: If it's good, let's go for it. If it needs work to be better, let's work on it.

Jerry Lewis

Billy Crystal, Steve Martin do wonderful things.

Jerry Lewis

I'm sour at times.

Jerry Lewis

An only child, I always wanted a large hug-house.

Jerry Lewis

Getting attention is my business. My whole life's predicated on, 'Hey, look at me!'

Jerry Lewis

My dad was a stickler for teaching me the pratfall. There is something magical about taking a good fall, and when it works, when you get that laugh, there's no better feeling in the world.

Jerry Lewis

I feel I have been a part of some very wonderful films, and I have had it in mind when I was on the set, every day, that what I am doing has meaning.

Jerry Lewis

I like to watch all those shows that shouldn't be on the air - reality shows.

Jerry Lewis

I want to know why the government of this country can't take care of the people who are keeping us safe?

Jerry Lewis

I don't like any female comedians.

Jerry Lewis

When you get a question like, 'Did you like meeting Her Majesty?' 'No, I thought she was a slob.' I mean, what are you going to say... The mischief comes into me when I'm doing a Q&A, I'm 9 years old again. I don't get mad. I do get offended.

Jerry Lewis

I believe when you go out there, you have a responsibility to deliver. I have old-fashioned thinking when I'm out there.

Jerry Lewis

Adrenaline is so strong that none of us understand it.

Jerry Lewis

Seeing a woman project the kind of aggression that you have to project as a comic just rubs me wrong.

Jerry Lewis