--- title: "1 Matter Successful Quotes By Jack Lemmon" description: "1 Matter Successful quotes by Jack Lemmon. Plus more from Jack Lemmon and more Matter Successful sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/jack-lemmon-15749_elevators_no-matter-how-successful-you-get-always_2142607.jpg" --- > [No matter how successful you get, always send the elevator back down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/no-matter-how-successful-you-get-always-send-the-elevator-back-down/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/jack-lemmon-15749_elevators_no-matter-how-successful-you-get-always_2142607.jpg) ## More by Jack Lemmon > [Acting doesn't have anything to do with listening to the words. We never really listen, in general conversation, to what the other person is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/acting-doesn-t-have-anything-to-do-with-listening-to-the-words-we/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) > [I have been fortunate to be able to have a career playing comedy and drama. And it's awfully hard - it's like apples and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/i-have-been-fortunate-to-be-able-to-have-a-career-playing-comedy-and/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) > [how she moves. That's just like Jell-O on springs. She must have some sort of built-in motors. I tell you, it's a whole different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/how-she-moves-that-s-just-like-jell-o-on-springs-she-must-have-some/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/once-i-had-started-film-i-suddenly-said-wow-i-love-it-i-moved-there/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) > [Anything truly worthwhile does not come easy. If it did, it would not be all that worthwhile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/anything-truly-worthwhile-does-not-come-easy-if-it-did-it-would-not/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) > [Everything that is truly worthwhile - I think passion is involved in your approach to it. No matter what it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/everything-that-is-truly-worthwhile-i-think-passion-is-involved-in/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) > [People are probably correct when they see me as the so-called Everyman. I'm attracted primarily to contemporary characters. I understand them and their frustrations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/people-are-probably-correct-when-they-see-me-as-the-so-called/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) > [I think whatever you do, if you are going to do well or even if you don't do it well, you have to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/i-think-whatever-you-do-if-you-are-going-to-do-well-or-even-if-you/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) > [I had no desire to be in the movies. All my training had been in the theater, thank God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/i-had-no-desire-to-be-in-the-movies-all-my-training-had-been-in-the/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) > [In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/in-general-i-think-comedy-is-more-difficult-to-write-to-direct-and-to/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) > [If I'd been bright, I'd have realized that I was horribly uncomfortable, amazingly frustrated, and like any sensible person, I'd have quit. But it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/if-i-d-been-bright-i-d-have-realized-that-i-was-horribly/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) > [I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/i-have-lost-someone-i-loved-as-a-brother-as-a-closest-friend-and-a/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) > [I don't think Ed Horman could be dishonest if his life depended on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/i-don-t-think-ed-horman-could-be-dishonest-if-his-life-depended-on-it/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) > [I had already played a lead on Broadway before I ever did a film. I had had three, four seasons of stock with good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/i-had-already-played-a-lead-on-broadway-before-i-ever-did-a-film-i/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) > [Part of an actor's job is to actually adopt the world-view of the character she is playing and to tell the story from that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/part-of-an-actor-s-job-is-to-actually-adopt-the-world-view-of-the/) [Jack Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lemmon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter-successful/jack-lemmon/#itemlist", "name": "1 Matter Successful Quotes By Jack Lemmon", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No matter how successful you get, always send the elevator back down.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Lemmon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lemmon/no-matter-how-successful-you-get-always-send-the-elevator-back-down/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/jack-lemmon-15749_elevators_no-matter-how-successful-you-get-always_2142607.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/jack-lemmon-15749_elevators_no-matter-how-successful-you-get-always_2142607.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/jack-lemmon-15749_elevators_no-matter-how-successful-you-get-always_2142607.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No matter how successful you get, always send the elevator back down.” — Jack Lemmon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter-successful/jack-lemmon/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter-successful/jack-lemmon/", "name": "Matter Successful Quotes by Jack Lemmon", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter-successful/jack-lemmon/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/jack-lemmon-15749_elevators_no-matter-how-successful-you-get-always_2142607.jpg" }, "description": "1 Matter Successful quotes by Jack Lemmon. 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