Jerry Lewis Quotes

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Jerry Lewis

Profession : Comedian

Birth : March 16, 1926

I started as a writer. I had the dumb act, but I made my living from writing.

Jerry Lewis

If I was performing, I had no pain. But you can't stay on stage 24 hours a day.

Jerry Lewis

When you are debilitated, and you're very depressed, and you believe there's no hope, you cannot get a better potpourri of down.

Jerry Lewis

My ego and my vanities have nothing to do with comedy.

Jerry Lewis

I will not say anything negative about the president of the United States. I don't do that. And I don't allow my children to do that.

Jerry Lewis

The beauty of love, as far as I'm concerned, is it makes you better. It makes you stronger. It gives you direction. It gives you understanding of what life is and what we've been given.

Jerry Lewis

For a comic to put a public performance in jeopardy for a snickering little laugh - no, no, no, I don't believe in it.

Jerry Lewis

Most performers are used to the highs and the lows. If you can let a low stop you, that would be a sad commentary.

Jerry Lewis

There's nothing more dramatic than the comedy I've done. Because the comedy I've done is to get to the audience, get them to feel it, or they won't laugh.

Jerry Lewis

You see, the people that have a point of view and have an opinion and have some intellect are dangerous in the film community - they're dangerous.

Jerry Lewis

I think so much in time. I always have. Even at 20, I thought in terms of time, that I don't have a lot of time left. And I want to do so many things.

Jerry Lewis

Commercial television has underestimated the intelligence of the public.

Jerry Lewis

A wonderful thing happens over time. You fall in love with the sound of your own voice.

Jerry Lewis

What happens at 90 is that I don't walk so good, my eyes are going, I can't hear well, and I'm getting all of the 90s residuals.

Jerry Lewis

There's something wonderful about taking a tag off a pair of socks, off a shirt, off a jacket. I really think that it has to do with my wanting to give myself all the perks that there are. It's part of my psychosis.

Jerry Lewis

Most people are embarrassed to admit there's another human being that's in control of them, that your heart beats three times as fast because you've given yourself to someone else.

Jerry Lewis

Red is uplifting.

Jerry Lewis

I go where the action is.

Jerry Lewis

I don't ordinarily do television because I don't like some of the things projected on it.

Jerry Lewis

I would not want to do one-episode television - that's just a brief encounter with your audience. The arc takes the actor into an arena where he can really stretch.

Jerry Lewis