“I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.”
Jerry Lewis“R.I.P. Jerry LewisYou made us laugh in life. Now you have a chance to make God and all of his angels laugh too.Take care and I shall see you in the next life.”
Anthony T. Hincks“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“I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can't get me away from it because I commit that thoroughly. That's in friendship, that's a deal, that's a commitment. Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life.”
Jerry Lewis“I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don't get into it because I do comedy already.”
Jerry Lewis“Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands.”
Jerry Lewis“I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.”
Jerry Lewis“People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.”
Jerry Lewis“I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope.”
Jerry Lewis