Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon IIIwas an American actor and musician. Lemmon was an eight time Academy Award nominee, with two wins. He starred in over 60 films, such as Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts, Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger, The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing, Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth8 February 1925
CityNewton, NC
CountryUnited States of America
No matter how successful you get, always send the elevator back down.
It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.
Acting doesn't have anything to do with listening to the words. We never really listen, in general conversation, to what the other person is saying. We listen to what they mean. And what they mean is often quite apart from the words. When you see a scene between two actors that goes really well you can be sure they're not listening to each other - they're feeling what the other person is trying to get at. Know what I mean?
Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.
Anything truly worthwhile does not come easy. If it did, it would not be all that worthwhile.
If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.
Death ends a life, not a relationship.
When I'm reading material, if I'm a little bit afraid of a part and I'm willing to admit that to myself, then I'll do it, definitely. If I'm worried about being able to do it, to get it -I absolutely just love it.
I think whatever you do, if you are going to do 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.