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I'm telling you about a child in trouble. If it's pity, we'll get some money. I'm giving you the facts. Pity. You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair; stay in your house.
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A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world.
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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.
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Make film, shoot film, run film. Do something. Make film. Shoot anything.
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The day you're born, you get the pink slip on YOU. Outright ownership. You must only share that life with those that you and only you choose.
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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
Martin Luther
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Born:
March 16, 1926
Died:
August 20, 2017
(aged 91)
Bio:
Jerry Lewis was an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director and is known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio.
Known for:
The Nutty Professor (1963)
The Bellboy (1960)
The Ladies Man (1961)
Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)
The Errand Boy (1961)
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