Jerry Lewis Quotes
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.
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To be perfectly truthful, I was not a very brilliant student, even at chemistry school.
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I'm not much of a jokester.
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Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago and what a good culture we've got. You can have a pretty wonderful artistic life and never leave Chicago.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
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Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.
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Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.
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It's a strange world. Let's keep it that way.
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I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.
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Balancing my career between two industries has never been an issue. I started with a Telugu film and have a soft corner for the south industry, though I've grown up speaking Hindi. I don't think language can be a barrier when it comes to acting. And, since I come from a theatre background, I'm used to memorizing my lines.
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It's not my ambition to be a big star.
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My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.
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I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do.
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I like to say there's certain things you can't take back: One of them is 'I love you,' and one of them is bullets.
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Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves.
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If you work out 20 minutes a day in some way, you're going to see changes.
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I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out.
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The terrorists want civil war. Al-Qaida is attacking Shiites. The Shiite militias are taking revenge on the Sunnis. And the Sunnis are become more extremist, with some joining al-Qaida.
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I used to audition for 'NYPD Blue' quite a bit, so I had this stock New York detective character that I would bring in for all their auditions.
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Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.
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Nothing in human affairs is worth any great anxiety.
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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.
