(The Nutty Professor) was a labor of love. It was a total film. It was the most productive, creative work of my life.
Jerry LewisYou may catch more flies with honey than vinegar, but you'll get them to work harder if you use a flyswatter.
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 LewisFrom 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.
Jerry Lewis