188 Quotes by Jerry Lewis

Billy Crystal, Steve Martin do wonderful things.

I believe when you go out there, you have a responsibility to deliver. I have old-fashioned thinking when I'm out there.

I'm really not thick-skinned - my wife will tell you that I take sunsets personally - but I know that I've got the belly for whatever comes down the pike. I think it's tenacity. You've been there before, and you just have to recall, 'How did I handle that one?'

Seeing a woman project the kind of aggression that you have to project as a comic just rubs me wrong.

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.

I started as a writer. I had the dumb act, but I made my living from writing.

When you're 89, dementia develops. I mean, I've told a story onstage, and I'm telling it with a full heart, and I forgot the damn punch line.

There's something wonderful about taking a tag off a pair of socks, off a shirt, off a jacket. I really think that it has to do with my wanting to give myself all the perks that there are. It's part of my psychosis.

If I was performing, I had no pain. But you can't stay on stage 24 hours a day.