Quotes by Jerry Lewis

About Jerry Lewis:

Jerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He originally created an act with Dean Martin in 1946 (see Martin and Lewis) which performed in nightclubs and later appeared in a series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures before the two men went their separate ways in 1956. For more than forty years, Lewis also hosted the Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual Labor Day Telethon and was the national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
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Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them.

Jerry Lewis

If you're an old pro, you know how well you're doing when you're doing it, and your inner government spanks you if you're not doing well.

Jerry Lewis

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

I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I don't have anything else going for me. And my common sense opens the door to instinct.

Jerry Lewis

I've had great success being a total idiot.

Jerry Lewis

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

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 la...

Jerry Lewis

People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.

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

I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.

Jerry Lewis

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 ne...

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A lot of people resent that I've been in someone's life for 50 years. Why shouldn't people have an affection for me and what I've done? Didn't I have to be genuine for them to buy into what I did? There are children who grow up today who will not hav...

Jerry Lewis

I get paid for what most kids get punished for.

Jerry Lewis

Pity? You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair? Stay in your house!

Jerry Lewis

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

I tell young comics, 'Do you want this badly enough? It's there. But you have to go get it. And if you think I'm going to give you the key to the lock of that door, there is no key, there is no lock, and there is no door.'

Jerry Lewis

When I would be myself, I was being big-headed. I was being egotistical. I was a megalomaniac, when it really was just having not to be a monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man.

Jerry Lewis

A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world.

Jerry Lewis

I don't want to be remembered. I want the nice words when I can hear them.

Jerry Lewis

I never tell an audience what they can expect. I never have and I never will. I'm an entertainer for 75 years.

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Author Bio

  • NameJerry Lewis
  • DescriptionAmerican comedian, actor, film producer, writer and film director
  • BornMarch 16, 1926
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Producer; Actor; Film Actor; Film Director; Singer-songwriter; Writer; Screenwriter; Musician; Composer
  • AwardsJean Hersholt Humanitarian Award