Jack Lemmon Quotes
Anything truly worthwhile does not come easy. If it did, it would not be all that worthwhile.
It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.
If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.
Success is always somebody else's opinion of you; but it doesn't amount to a damn compared to your own opinion of yourself.
I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see.
If you've been fortunate enough to live out your dream in the profession of your choice, then you have an obligation to send the elevator back down.
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?"
Everything that is truly worthwhile - I think passion is involved in your approach to it. No matter what it is.
I was born in an elevator, and - as my mother said - naturally it was going down. She said, "All I remember is telling your father, 'That's it! Never again!'" That's why I'm an only child.
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.
I had no desire to be in the movies. All my training had been in the theater, thank God.
