Jerry Lewis

That never stops. That's what drives you: the joy and excitement of doing what you love.

— Jerry Lewis

Most performers are used to the highs and the lows. If you can let a low stop you, that would be a…

— Jerry Lewis

I say to everybody, love is what wakes you up in the morning, love is what makes you walk, and love is…

— Jerry Lewis

I'm shocked to be saying this, but as a child, I never went to a circus. It cost too much.

— Jerry Lewis

I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don't get into it because I do comedy already.

— Jerry Lewis

I like to watch all those shows that shouldn't be on the air - reality shows.

— Jerry Lewis

You might as well like yourself; just think about all the time you're gonna have to spend with you.

— Jerry Lewis

People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.

— Jerry Lewis

People think I'm against critics because they are negative to my work. That's not what bothers me. What bothers me is they…

— Jerry Lewis

I'm really not thick-skinned - my wife will tell you that I take sunsets personally - but I know that I've got…

— 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…

— Jerry Lewis

My dad was a stickler for teaching me the pratfall. There is something magical about taking a good fall, and when it…

— Jerry Lewis

You see, the people that have a point of view and have an opinion and have some intellect are dangerous in the…

— Jerry Lewis

I've raised my boys the old-fashioned way, with spankings, sending them upstairs if they misbehave at parties, the works. I believe discipline…

— Jerry Lewis

The greatest thing I can remember in my whole career was the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey clowns asking me to…

— Jerry Lewis

When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, 'Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?' He answered,…

— Jerry Lewis

What happens at 90 is that I don't walk so good, my eyes are going, I can't hear well, and I'm getting…

— Jerry Lewis

Seeing a woman project the kind of aggression that you have to project as a comic just rubs me wrong.

— Jerry Lewis

The people at Columbia Pictures have been great, but I had to tell them, 'Please don't be nice to me. Just pay…

— Jerry Lewis

I have always said that I cannot allow the child within me to die. It's kept me alive.

— Jerry Lewis

I've had the greatest respect for my work in this country by Americans. Critics have no brains.

— Jerry Lewis

When you are debilitated, and you're very depressed, and you believe there's no hope, you cannot get a better potpourri of down.

— Jerry Lewis

I almost resent being Charley Moviestar. Yeah, I'm grateful. But it takes me away from my kids.

— Jerry Lewis

Nothing can stop anyone who has a love and passion about their work.

— Jerry Lewis

I have nothing against women. As a matter of fact there's something about them that I love, but I just can't put…

— Jerry Lewis

I learned from my dad that when you walk in front of an audience, they are the kings and queens, and you're…

— Jerry Lewis

I'm always thinking about future projects and at the same time trying to finish the project you're in the middle off.

— Jerry Lewis

I'm really, basically, nine, and I've always been that. I've never, ever allowed the child within me to die.

— Jerry Lewis

A wonderful thing happens over time. You fall in love with the sound of your own voice.

— Jerry Lewis

Every mans dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands.

— Jerry Lewis

I got the 'Max Rose' script, and I fell in love with it. It just hit me. It was something that needed…

— Jerry Lewis

You can ask me anything you want. That doesn't mean I'm going to answer you.

— Jerry Lewis

What's happened at 85 is I've lost my appetite. I used to be a little hog when I was young. But now…

— Jerry Lewis

When I was onstage doing the work, adrenaline killed the pain because I never hurt in front of an audience.

— Jerry Lewis

“Pity? [If] you don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair, stay in your house!”

— Jerry Lewis

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

Interviews are vital, but you cannot allow an interviewer to take your life and disturb it.

— Jerry Lewis

The doc told me I had a dual personality. Then he lays an 82 dollar bill on me, so I give him…

— Jerry Lewis

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…

— Jerry Lewis

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…

— Jerry Lewis