Jerry Lewis Quotes

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Jerry Lewis

Profession : Comedian

Birth : March 16, 1926

I'm shocked to be saying this, but as a child, I never went to a circus. It cost too much.

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The greatest thing I can remember in my whole career was the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey clowns asking me to appear with them at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in 1965.

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When I was young, I wasn't disciplined at all.

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I've raised my boys the old-fashioned way, with spankings, sending them upstairs if they misbehave at parties, the works. I believe discipline is the proof of love.

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Going unnoticed has never been my strong suit.

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I've never been more than 9 years old.

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I dream in color.

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I almost get annoyed at the fact that I'm not going to use all that I got.

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I got the 'Max Rose' script, and I fell in love with it. It just hit me. It was something that needed to be made.

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The connection between pathos and broad comedy is very tight. But you do far more work in a comedy scene than you do in a straight scene. It's much harder.

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I learned from my dad that when you walk in front of an audience, they are the kings and queens, and you're but the jester.

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I can't stand to ask anyone, 'How was that?'

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You can't hold comedy back, because it needs to be exposed.

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You can't be faulted for being selfish if you're going to get better because of it.

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I make sure that I take good care of me.

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What's happened at 85 is I've lost my appetite. I used to be a little hog when I was young. But now I really don't seem to need it.

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Being 90 is not simple, but it's interesting, very interesting. Before I was 90, I could walk, I could see well, I could hear terrific, and now, I can't hear or see or walk.

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I think the movie industry has to pay attention that we need to make good quality films, or we are never going to get the business back.

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I say to everybody, love is what wakes you up in the morning, love is what makes you walk, and love is what makes you hope.

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I never stop working.

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