Pity? You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair? Stay in your house!
Jerry LewisDon't you understand how dramatic it is to be a comic? To be a fool, to get people to laugh at this show-off? Milton Berle could take Laurence Olivier and stick him under the table if he wanted to. And so could I.
Jerry LewisPeople hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.
Jerry Lewis