American - Comedian | March 16, 1926 -
When I was young, I wasn't disciplined at all.
Jerry Lewis
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I've raised my boys the old-fashioned way, with spankings, sending them upstairs if they misbehave at parties, the works. I believe discipline is the proof of love.
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I've never been more than 9 years old.
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I dream in color.
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I got the 'Max Rose' script, and I fell in love with it. It just hit me. It was something that needed to be made.
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To ask a pratfall comedian, a dishes-in-the-face comic like me, to lay back and bring none of that stuff to the script because it doesn't call for it? That's tough.
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The connection between pathos and broad comedy is very tight. But you do far more work in a comedy scene than you do in a straight scene. It's much harder.
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I learned from my dad that when you walk in front of an audience, they are the kings and queens, and you're but the jester.
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I can't stand to ask anyone, 'How was that?'
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You can't hold comedy back, because it needs to be exposed.
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I make sure that I take good care of me.
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I think the movie industry has to pay attention that we need to make good quality films, or we are never going to get the business back.
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