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" Postwar America was a very buttoned-up nation. Radio shows were run by censors, Presidents wore hats, ladies wore girdles. We came straight out of the blue - nobody was expecting anything like Martin and Lewis. A sexy guy and a monkey is how some people saw us. "

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" I expect people that come to the studio to work to come with the same energy I come with. If I see less than that, I get very strong about, if you want to do this, come with a sense of pride, come with eagerness and anxiety. "

Jerry Lewis

Strong

People

Anxiety

" From 1936 on, I have taken more falls than any other 20 comedians put together. From the time I was 21, I've taken them on everything from clay courts to cement to wood floors, coming off pianos, going out a two-story window, landing on Dean, falling into the rough. You do that and you're gonna have problems. "

" An only child, I always wanted a large hug-house. "

" Going unnoticed has never been my strong suit. "

" Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands. "

" People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius. "

Jerry Lewis

Famous

Hate

" You think about getting old, but when you get there, it's not what you thought it would be. "

" God hadn't made me handsome, but he'd given me something, I always felt: funny bones. "

Jerry Lewis

Handsome

God

" Interviews are vital, but you cannot allow an interviewer to take your life and disturb it. "

" I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can't get me away from it because I commit that thoroughly. That's in friendship, that's a deal, that's a commitment. Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life. "

" There's something wonderful about taking a tag off a pair of socks, off a shirt, off a jacket. I really think that it has to do with my wanting to give myself all the perks that there are. It's part of my psychosis. "

" Commercial television has underestimated the intelligence of the public. "

" Adrenaline is wonderful. It covers pain. It covers dementia. It covers everything. "

" Love is what makes you dream, and love is what makes you want to get up in the morning. Love is something that you want to be a part of because it makes you better. "

" When I would be myself, I was being big-headed. I was being egotistical. I was a megalomaniac, when it really was just having not to be a monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man. "

" Nothing can stop anyone who has a love and passion about their work. "

" The beauty of love, as far as I'm concerned, is it makes you better. It makes you stronger. It gives you direction. It gives you understanding of what life is and what we've been given. "

" 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 the wildest laboratory in the world, the public. "

" That never stops. That's what drives you: the joy and excitement of doing what you love. "

" 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 I've done? Didn't I have to be genuine for them to buy into what I did? There are children who grow up today who will not have that when they're 55 years old. With whom will they have it? Name an example for me. "

Jerry Lewis

People

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" Adrenaline is so strong that none of us understand it. "

Jerry Lewis

None

Adrenaline

" Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them. "

" I've had great success being a total idiot. "

" I'm really, basically, nine, and I've always been that. I've never, ever allowed the child within me to die. "