Jerry Lewis Quotes
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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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.
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There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.
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It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it?
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
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Any girl who likes watching movies would like to work in them and would want to do all of that. I'm also one of them. But people know me for badminton and love me for it. So I'd stick to it right now. But maybe after badminton, I'll think about it.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.
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I was only 23 and just out of college when I filmed 'Casualty' and so nervous, but it was brilliant fun. I was really lucky, and it really helped my career.
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I'm a benefit to the city. I'm not a detriment.
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I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on a love of history, philosophy, science and religion, but not to think too much about yourself.
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One of the things I find depressing about some of the upper echelons of Anglicanism on both sides of the Atlantic is that it's sort of taken for granted that we all basically know what's in the Bible, and so we just glance at a few verses for devotional purposes and then get on to the real business.
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A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.
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Most filmmakers aren't very interested in history. They worry constantly that people will be bored.
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I've got the hungries for your love and I'm waiting in your welfare line.
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The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game.
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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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.
