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Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis
American Comedian
Born: Mar 16, 1926
Because Love Me People Think You
Related authors: George Carlin Groucho Marx Milton Berle Mitch Hedberg Robin Williams Rodney Dangerfield Steven Wright W. C. Fields
I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can't get me away from it because I commit that thoroughly. That's in friendship, that's a deal, that's a commitment. Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life. Jerry Lewis
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You think about getting old, but when you get there, it's not what you thought it would be. Jerry Lewis
You Old Thought Getting Old Think Would Would-Be About Get Getting
Nothing can stop anyone who has a love and passion about their work. Jerry Lewis
Work Love Passion Nothing About Stop Anyone Who
Adrenaline is wonderful. It covers pain. It covers dementia. It covers everything. Jerry Lewis
Wonderful Pain Everything Adrenaline Dementia Covers
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. Jerry Lewis
Love Hope Morning You Love Is Walk Everybody Say Makes Wakes Up
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
You Wife Will Before Whatever Down Think Tell Sunsets Tenacity Take Know Got How Been Handle Did Just Personally Really Recall Belly
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
Life Love You Better Stronger Beauty Understanding Direction Given Gives Concerned Makes Been As Far As Far
I will do whatever is necessary to make better the stupidity on my part - and therefore go after those who are acting stupid themselves. It's not popular. You don't make friends when you do that. And I couldn't care less. Jerry Lewis
You Better Stupidity Care Will Stupid Whatever Those Part Make Go Friends After Themselves Acting Less Who Popular Therefore Necessary
Adrenaline is so strong that none of us understand it. Jerry Lewis
Strong Adrenaline Understand None Us
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
Myself Wonderful Think About Give Something Tag Part Taking Perks Off Shirt Jacket Wanting Psychosis Really Pair Socks
I've had great success being a total idiot. Jerry Lewis
Success Great Idiot Total Had Great Success Being
Going unnoticed has never been my strong suit. Jerry Lewis
Strong Unnoticed Strong Suit Never Been Going Suit
The young man who's had the Guggenheim fortune behind him all his life - he can hire all the authorities on the subject to teach him how to do a monologue, but he's never going to have the right stuff to pull it off. If he doesn't walk out onstage needing to walk out there, he doesn't have a dream of doing well. Jerry Lewis
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This is the pain pacemaker. I've got a battery under my skin. From that battery are two electrodes that go into the spine where they cut bone away to accommodate it. Now I put on the power here. If I have the pain, the stimulator starts. It's tingling, like when your foot falls asleep, you know? Jerry Lewis
You Power Skin Pain Bone Starts Battery Spine Foot Put Like Know Got Accommodate Go Falls Where Pacemaker Cut Asleep Your Now Away Here Two
Postwar America was a very buttoned-up nation. Radio shows were run by censors, Presidents wore hats, ladies wore girdles. We came straight out of the blue - nobody was expecting anything like Martin and Lewis. A sexy guy and a monkey is how some people saw us. Jerry Lewis
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The film I did with Bobby De Niro, 'The King of Comedy' - an awful lot came to me out of that movie because De Niro never allowed me any room to be crazy. If I had tried to play it the way I would normally play it and get hysterical, Bobby would punch me. Jerry Lewis
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I like to watch all those shows that shouldn't be on the air - reality shows. Jerry Lewis
Reality Air Those Like Reality Shows Shows Watch
My ego and my vanities have nothing to do with comedy. Jerry Lewis
Ego Comedy Nothing
I'm shocked to be saying this, but as a child, I never went to a circus. It cost too much. Jerry Lewis
Saying Too Much Too Circus Cost Never Shocked Child Much
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. Jerry Lewis
Work You Comedy Broad More Scene Between Tight Very Than Pathos Straight Far Much Connection Harder
You can't hold comedy back, because it needs to be exposed. Jerry Lewis
Needs You Comedy Back Because Hold Exposed
I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope. Jerry Lewis
Life Hope You Man Selfish Joy Will Meet Kids Out Seeing No-One Most Am Get Gets Realize Your Satisfaction Ever
We're leaving the House to people who either were born with a silver spoon in their mouth... or couldn't get better jobs in the first place. Jerry Lewis
People Better First Mouth Jobs Born Silver Silver Spoon House Spoon First Place Leaving Were Get Either Place Who
I need the applause. Jerry Lewis
Applause Need
When I hit around 65, 66, I started to feel tremendous worth and incredible personal esteem. I was becoming very cognisant of my contribution to the American spirit of helping your fellow man and all of the good stuff. Jerry Lewis
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I don't want to be remembered. I want the nice words when I can hear them. Jerry Lewis
Words Nice Remembered Hear Want Them
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