I won't quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic. Jack Lemmon More Quotes by Jack Lemmon More Quotes From 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 a passion for it, and I am passionate about it. I love it. I respect it and it gets me. I get off on acting. Jack Lemmon passion acting thinking Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car. Jack Lemmon phones humility humble I have never lost a total passion for my work. Jack Lemmon passion lost When I'm reading material, if I'm a little bit afraid of a part and I'm willing to admit that to myself, then I'll do it, definitely. If I'm worried about being able to do it, to get it -I absolutely just love it. Jack Lemmon reading justice love Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor. Jack Lemmon actors money deserve It can be a simple sentence that makes one single point and you build for that. You zero in on one moment that gets that character, you go for it, that's it, man, and if you fail the whole thing is down the drain, but if you make it you hit the moon. Jack Lemmon zero moon character She has never messed up a single take yet. Recently I was in a scene and there was a table covered with a cloth. When the director said cut, I saw a black nose and two paws inching out from under the cloth. She had hidden there without making a sound until we were done with the scene. She wanted to be nearer to me. Jack Lemmon cutting dog friendship 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 sex! Joe: What are you afraid of? Nobody's asking you to have a baby. Jack Lemmon spring baby sex I had no desire to be in the movies. All my training had been in the theater, thank God. Jack Lemmon training thank-god desire I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar. Jack Lemmon oscars cutting winning I was lying ten and had a thirty-five foot putt. I whispered over my shoulder: "How does this one break?" And my caddie said, "Who cares?" Jack Lemmon feet golf lying I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf. Jack Lemmon tvs play golf I think it's great fun sometimes when I am playing golf, just to give it a little uch, is to bet the other guy five bucks a hole or something like that. Jack Lemmon i-am great think sometimes I'll tell you God's truth: I think that this script that Neil has written - 'Odd Couple Two,' I think, is superior to the original one - to the first one. Jack Lemmon think you truth god I think luck is a great part of it because I think that the particular makeup of the person that you are attracted to, and that you fall in love with, is very important. Even down to that old bromide of a sense of humor and all of that. Jack Lemmon great you humor love In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully. Jack Lemmon more think difficult comedy The trouble is that, while my parents were great when they were apart, they were terrible together. Jack Lemmon parents great trouble together I remember trying to be funny, and both of my parents were terribly funny. My father was also very dignified, but my mother was an absolute ding-a-ling, a ripper. Jack Lemmon parents mother funny father 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 never occurred to me that I wouldn't be successful eventually. Jack Lemmon quit person never me 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 you language simple people
