Break Quote by 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Jack Lemmon

Anything truly worthwhile does not come easy. If it did, it would not be all that worthwhile.

— Jack Lemmon

Everything that is truly worthwhile - I think passion is involved in your approach to it. No matter what it is.

— 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.

— 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…

— Jack Lemmon

I had no desire to be in the movies. All my training had been in the theater, thank God.

— Jack Lemmon

In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.

— 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…

— 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…

— Jack Lemmon