Jack Lemmon Quotes

Once I had started film, I suddenly said, 'Wow, I love it.' I moved there from New York. But I've always gone back to the theater, and it is more satisfying, really, because you get to give a continuous performance - no sequels.

Jack Lemmon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001

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LoveNew YorkPerformanceYouBack

I think Ang Lee is a very, very talented director. He used martial arts to talk about love and girl, you know... But Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts film to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope the world will become.

Jet Li

LoveGirlHopeCulturePeopleWorld

As a musician, I have always refrained from criticizing another artist.

Jill Sobule

ArtistAlwaysMusicianCriticizing

You go to the gym to make sure you have the stamina to breathe in the corsets.

Sondra Radvanovsky

YouGymGoBreatheSureStamina

If it's flipping hamburgers at McDonald's, be the best hamburger flipper in the world. Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft.

Snoop Dogg

BestWorldYouMcDonaldCraftYour

As an actor, you don't really have a say or a voice in what the conversation of the show is going to be. So, as an actor, I'm just trying to make sense of why the character is making these choices, and somehow, in that way, you can sympathize or root, at least not detest, what this person is doing. That's, at least, my job in telling that story.

Shiri Appleby

CharacterJobChoicesVoiceStory

To me, the great joy of writing is discovering. Most writers are told to write about what they know, but I still love the adventure of going out and reporting on things I don't know about.

Tom Wolfe

LoveGreatAdventureJoyMeWriting

Technically, you can learn everything on the set as an assistant director, and rather quickly.

Milos Forman

LearnYouDirectorEverythingRather

We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly.

Judy Holliday

WorkGreatMoneyHideClubPaid

I actually don't feel famous.

Anwar Robinson

FamousFeelActually

I'd always been extremely fascinated by the French Nuit Blanche, which is a weekend that they have in Paris where they keep all the museums open until dawn. You can go and hang out in Versailles in the middle of the night and watch the sun come up.

Anna Wintour

SunNightDawnWeekendYouParis

I'm not a pretty princess, and I'm aware of that, so I like music that is really intense, really bold, and characters that in a way almost have a dark side and are kind of evil because, for me, that's when I feel my strongest and fiercest, when I'm not necessarily the good girl.

Ashley Wagner

GoodMusicGirlMeEvilFeel

She's my baby sister - I could talk about her till I'm blue in the face.

Poppy Delevingne

BlueBabySisterFaceTalkShe

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