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People think I'm against critics because they are negative to my work. That's not what bothers me. What bothers me is they didn't see the work. I have seen critics print stuff about stuff I cut out of the film before we ran it. So don't tell me about critics.


Jerry Lewis


#against #because #before #bothers #critics

When I was onstage doing the work, adrenaline killed the pain because I never hurt in front of an audience.


Jerry Lewis


#audience #because #doing #front #hurt

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.


Jerry Lewis


#anything #blue #came #censors #expecting

We're leaving the House to people who either were born with a silver spoon in their mouth... or couldn't get better jobs in the first place.


Jerry Lewis


#born #either #first #get #house

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


Jerry Lewis


#am #because #genius #hate #i

When I hit around 65, 66, I started to feel tremendous worth and incredible personal esteem. I was becoming very cognisant of my contribution to the American spirit of helping your fellow man and all of the good stuff.


Jerry Lewis


#american spirit #around #becoming #contribution #esteem

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.


Jerry Lewis


#being #day #egotistical #few #fulfilling

I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.


Joe E. Lewis


#anyone #camels #distrust #drink #else

Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong people.


Joe E. Lewis


#genius #people #right #right thing #right time

If you want to make a dangerous man your friend, let him do you a favor.


Joe E. Lewis


#favor #friend #him #make #man






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