Language Quote by Jack Lemmon

“In very simple language, Morrie always seems to be able to explain something that other people would take a chapter for, you know.”

Jack Lemmon

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

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

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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.

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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…

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

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

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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…

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I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of…

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I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly about listening…

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