Jerry Lewis

Birthday: 16 March 1926, Newark, New Jersey, USA

Birth Name: Joseph Levitch

Height: 179 cm

Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis. In addition to the duo's popular nightclub work, they starred in a successful series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures. Lewis is also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Lewis has won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and Venice Film Festival, and he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2005, he received the Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board of Governors, which is the highest Emmy Award presented.[1] On February 22, 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Lewis the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Show less «

Actors will kill for you if you treat then like human beings. You have to let them know you want the...Show more »

Actors will kill for you if you treat then like human beings. You have to let them know you want them and need them, pay them what they want, but don't overpay them; treat them kindly. Give an actress a clean dress and see that she gets fresh coffee in the morning and other little spoon feedings. She will kill for you. Show less «

Other comedy teams never generated anything like the hysteria that [Dean Martin] and I did, and that...Show more »

Other comedy teams never generated anything like the hysteria that [Dean Martin] and I did, and that was because we had that X factor--the powerful feeling between us. And it really was an X factor, a kind of mystery. Show less «

Going unnoticed has never been my strong suit.

I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I ...Show more »

I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again! Show less «

The doc told me I had a dual personality, then he lays an $82 bill on me. So I give him forty-one bu...Show more »

The doc told me I had a dual personality, then he lays an $82 bill on me. So I give him forty-one bucks and say 'Get the other forty-one bucks from the other guy'. Show less «

[looking back on more than 60 years in show business] I was about as discreet as a ... bull taking a...Show more »

[looking back on more than 60 years in show business] I was about as discreet as a ... bull taking a piss in your living room. Show less «

[on Stan Laurel] His magic was, he loved the regular man. He loved plain people, and he loved being ...Show more »

[on Stan Laurel] His magic was, he loved the regular man. He loved plain people, and he loved being one of them. He enjoyed participating in the art of going out into the world and getting in trouble. Show less «

I get paid for what most kids get punished for.

The kids who're on American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002), they're all McDonald's wipeouts...Show more »

The kids who're on American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002), they're all McDonald's wipeouts. Show less «

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

My dad used to say if you don't get nervous, you don't care. When I hear that first applause, my hea...Show more »

My dad used to say if you don't get nervous, you don't care. When I hear that first applause, my heart spreads across my chest, and I'm as happy as a pig in s..t! Show less «

[on the 1996 remake of The Nutty Professor] I have such respect for Eddie, but I should not have don...Show more »

[on the 1996 remake of The Nutty Professor] I have such respect for Eddie, but I should not have done it. What I did was perfect the first time around and all you're going to do is diminish that perfection by letting someone else do it. Show less «

I'm a multi-faceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius. I have an IQ of 190 -- that's...Show more »

I'm a multi-faceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius. I have an IQ of 190 -- that's supposed to be a genius. People don't like that. My answer to all my critics is simple: I like me. I like what I've become. I'm proud of what I've achieved, and I don't really believe I've scratched the surface yet. Show less «

I think I really wanted to write my biography more to be able to mention that [John F. Kennedy] and ...Show more »

I think I really wanted to write my biography more to be able to mention that [John F. Kennedy] and I were friends than anything else. Show less «

[2000] I don't like any female comedians. Seeing a woman in comedy sets me back a bit . . . I think ...Show more »

[2000] I don't like any female comedians. Seeing a woman in comedy sets me back a bit . . . I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies into the world. Show less «

Jerry Lewis

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