Zitat des Tages von Jack Lemmon:
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.
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. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.
Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.
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.
Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.
I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf.
In very simple language, Morrie always seems to be able to explain something that other people would take a chapter for, you know.
Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.
I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.
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.
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.
I won't quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic.
In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.
I have been fortunate to be able to have a career playing comedy and drama. And it's awfully hard - it's like apples and pears to compare the two.
If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
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.