69 Quotes by Jack Lemmon

Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.

I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.

I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf.

It can be a simple sentence that makes one single point, and you build for that. You zero in on one moment that gets that character, you go for it, that's it, man, and if you fail the whole thing is down the drain, but if you make it you hit the moon.

I think whatever you do, if you are going to do it well or even if you don't do it well, you have to have a passion for it, and I am passionate about it. I love it. I respect it and it gets me. I get off on acting,

Stay humble. Always answer the phone -- no matter who else is in the car.

You can get material that has a point of view, like a 'Missing' or a 'China Syndrome' or 'Wine and Roses,' whatever it might be, 'Save the Tiger.' You don't have to agree with the point of view that the author had, but if it makes you think, then it has moved you, and made you do something you wouldn't do if you had not seen it,

We're doing very serious stuff. But some of the stuff we pull with each other in between is not serious at all, and also not repeatable.

We're doing very serious stuff, ... But some of the stuff we pull with each other in between is not serious at all, and also not repeatable.