Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis AMis an American actor, comedian, singer, film producer, film director, screenwriter and humanitarian. He is known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage, music and radio...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth16 March 1926
CityNewark, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
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My door is always open to any member who wishes to build consensus on reducing unnecessary spending. My preference is to consider any proposal in a thoughtful, deliberate manner rather than reading about it in the newspaper.
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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.'
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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.
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This remarkably successful effort will mean a lot to the tens of thousands of individuals and families who are fighting neuromuscular diseases.
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We simply couldn't ignore the need to help. We already have the infrastructure in place,
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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.
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I'm sitting there hearing him pick up my rhythm. And my beats, which are all mine, and a lot of people would love to have them, but it's tough, you either have them or you don't,
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For reasons unknown to us, he started firing indiscriminately -- first at two individuals who happened to be in the bathroom and then at all students and staff who passed by the outside of that bathroom door.
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For the work I've done, I've been accused of being so selfless, but I have to correct that: I'm probably the most selfish man you'll ever meet in life, because no one gets the satisfaction or joy that I get in seeing kids realize there is hope.
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I wrote the first page the day my partner died, ... I had to get some stuff down. I was really trying to handle the grief.
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He said, 'Listen, can you wait an hour before you blow your head off?' I said, 'Yes.'
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I've had the greatest respect for my work in this country by Americans. Critics have no brains.
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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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I don't want to be remembered. I want the nice words when I can hear them.