Once I had started film, I suddenly said, ‘Wow, I love it.’ I moved there from New York. But I’ve always gone back to the theater, and it is more satisfying, really, because you get to give a continuous performance – no sequels. Jack Lemmon Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Jack Lemmon Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Jack Lemmon Read Quote