American - Comedian | March 16, 1926 -
I believe when you go out there, you have a responsibility to deliver. I have old-fashioned thinking when I'm out there.
Jerry Lewis
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I started as a writer. I had the dumb act, but I made my living from writing.
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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.
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If I was performing, I had no pain. But you can't stay on stage 24 hours a day.
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My ego and my vanities have nothing to do with comedy.
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I will not say anything negative about the president of the United States. I don't do that. And I don't allow my children to do that.
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I'm really, basically, nine, and I've always been that. I've never, ever allowed the child within me to die.
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For a comic to put a public performance in jeopardy for a snickering little laugh - no, no, no, I don't believe in it.
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Most performers are used to the highs and the lows. If you can let a low stop you, that would be a sad commentary.
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There's nothing more dramatic than the comedy I've done. Because the comedy I've done is to get to the audience, get them to feel it, or they won't laugh.
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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.
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You see, the people that have a point of view and have an opinion and have some intellect are dangerous in the film community - they're dangerous.
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