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Jerry Lewis quotes

American Comedian March 16, 1926

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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. Jerry Lewis
If I found the cure for dystrophy tomorrow, I would do a telethon in four weeks for acute pain that in this country is a bigger problem than cancer, heart, sickle cell, anemia, name it. It is - it's hitting 70 million Americans. Jerry Lewis
I think the cartoons that they're children are watching, particularly 'The Simpsons,' they're OK. I think that the adult audience is making much too much of the danger that they imply. That's not the case. The danger for children today, honey, is the news. Keep them away from news on television. Jerry Lewis
Postwar America was a very buttoned-up nation. Radio shows were run by censors, Presidents wore hats, ladies wore girdles. We came straight out of the blue - nobody was expecting anything like Martin and Lewis. A sexy guy and a monkey is how some people saw us. Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis quote: "I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don't..."
I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don't get into it because I do comedy already. Jerry Lewis
Don't you understand how dramatic it is to be a comic? To be a fool, to get people to laugh at this show-off? Milton Berle could take Laurence Olivier and stick him under the table if he wanted to. And so could I. 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
Jerry Lewis quote: "I don't want to be remembered. I want the nice words when I..."
I don't want to be remembered. I want the nice words when I can hear them. Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis quote: "Adrenaline is wonderful. It covers pain. It covers dementia...."
Adrenaline is wonderful. It covers pain. It covers dementia. It covers everything. Jerry Lewis
I really am opinionated, but not for long. I have found myself coming off of what I think of something because the guy I'm talking to makes better sense than I am. I have so many points of view, I can't keep track of 'em, because I talk to too many people... I'm not so opinionated that I won't budge. 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
Jerry Lewis quote: "I never tell an audience what they can expect. I never have..."
I never tell an audience what they can expect. I never have and I never will. I'm an entertainer for 75 years. Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis quote: "I get paid for what most kids get punished for."
I get paid for what most kids get punished for. 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

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