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You want to know why Barbra Streisand is so difficult? Because she's brilliant. She's a brilliant entertainer, she's a brilliant lady, and she's a wonderful human being, and the community doesn't like it.
Jerry Lewis -
I think it has helped that I am so curious about what has been happening to me and that I have enjoyed watching the changes through my life, you know? I didn't know what was going to happen to me next.
Jerry Lewis
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I like to watch all those shows that shouldn't be on the air - reality shows.
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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 -
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 -
I need the applause.
Jerry Lewis -
People think I'm against critics because they are negative to my work. That's not what bothers me. What bothers me is they didn't see the work. I have seen critics print stuff about stuff I cut out of the film before we ran it. So don't tell me about critics.
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Billy Crystal, Steve Martin do wonderful things.
Jerry Lewis
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My God, the stage is the only place I know where to go.
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.
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Nothing can stop anyone who has a love and passion about their work.
Jerry Lewis -
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 -
I happen to believe in the human condition so strongly that I don't have to make up games to play with people. Here's what I think: If it's good, let's go for it. If it needs work to be better, let's work on it.
Jerry Lewis -
You can ask me anything you want. That doesn't mean I'm going to answer you.
Jerry Lewis
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If I was performing, I had no pain. But you can't stay on stage 24 hours a day.
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When you get a question like, 'Did you like meeting Her Majesty?' 'No, I thought she was a slob.' I mean, what are you going to say... The mischief comes into me when I'm doing a Q&A, I'm 9 years old again. I don't get mad. I do get offended.
Jerry Lewis -
I'm shocked to be saying this, but as a child, I never went to a circus. It cost too much.
Jerry Lewis -
Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands.
Jerry Lewis -
Interviews are vital, but you cannot allow an interviewer to take your life and disturb it.
Jerry Lewis -
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.
Jerry Lewis
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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 -
The people at Columbia Pictures have been great, but I had to tell them, 'Please don't be nice to me. Just pay me.'
Jerry Lewis -
An only child, I always wanted a large hug-house.
Jerry Lewis -
You think about getting old, but when you get there, it's not what you thought it would be.
Jerry Lewis