(The Nutty Professor) was a labor of love. It was a total film. It was the most productive, creative work of my life.

I have nothing against women. As a matter of fact there's something about them that I love, but I just can't put my finger on it.

I've had great success being a total idiot.

Adrenaline is wonderful. It covers pain. It covers dementia. It covers everything.

Postwar America was a very buttoned-up nation. Radio shows were run by censors, Presidents wore hats, ladies wore girdles. We came straight out of the blue - nobody was expecting anything like Martin and Lewis. A sexy guy and a monkey is how some people saw us.

From 1936 on, I have taken more falls than any other 20 comedians put together. From the time I was 21, I've taken them on everything from clay courts to cement to wood floors, coming off pianos, going out a two-story window, landing on Dean, falling into the rough. You do that and you're gonna have problems.

For those who understand, no explaination is needed...For those who don't, none will do.