Postwar America was a very buttoned-up nation. Radio shows were run by censors, Presidents wore hats, ladies wore girdles. We came straight… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share Image
I want to know why the government of this country can't take care of the people who are keeping us safe? — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
