I tell young comics, 'Do you want this badly enough? It's there. But you have to go get it. And if you think I'm going to give you the key to the lock of that door, there is no key,… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share Image
Marriage is the result of the longing for the deep, deep peace of the double bed after the hurly-burly of the chaise-longue. — Jerry Lewis Copy Share
Every mans dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands. — Jerry Lewis Copy Share
When I hit around 65, 66, I started to feel tremendous worth and incredible personal esteem. I was becoming very cognisant of my contribution… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share
People say, "How would you like to be remembered?" I don't want to be remembered. Gimme a break. What I want is to hear… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share
I think it has helped that I am so curious about what has been happening to me and that I have enjoyed watching the… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share
I'm really, basically, nine, and I've always been that. I've never, ever allowed the child within me to die. — Jerry Lewis Copy Share
I would not want to do one-episode television - that's just a brief encounter with your audience. The arc takes the actor into an… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share
This is the pain pacemaker. I've got a battery under my skin. From that battery are two electrodes that go into the spine where… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
A lot of people resent that I've been in someone's life for 50 years. Why shouldn't people have an affection for me and what… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share
It'll keep you alive for another 10 years if you get yourself a laugh once a day: either provoke it, or look around in… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share
We're leaving the House to people who either were born with a silver spoon in their mouth... or couldn't get better jobs in the… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share
