Top 25 Quotes by Jack Lemmon of 33 - Page 2

I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.

I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.

Cutting, Winning, Oscars

It can be a simple sentence that makes one single point and you build for that. You zero in on one moment that gets that character, you go for it, that's it, man, and if you fail the whole thing is down the drain, but if you make it you hit the moon.

Jack Lemmon

Zero, Character, Moon

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

Love, Reading, Justice

She has never messed up a single take yet. Recently I was in a scene and there was a table covered with a cloth. When the director said cut, I saw a black nose and two paws inching out from under the cloth. She had hidden there without making a sound until we were done with the scene. She wanted to be nearer to me.

Jack Lemmon

Friendship, Dog, Cutting

I was lying ten and had a thirty-five foot putt. I whispered over my shoulder: "How does this one break?" And my caddie said, "Who cares?"

Jack Lemmon

Lying, Golf, Feet

I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf.

Jack Lemmon

Golf, Play, Tvs

Quoted in Michael Hobbs The Golf Quotation Book (1992).

how she moves. That's just like Jell-O on springs. She must have some sort of built-in motors. I tell you, it's a whole different sex! Joe: What are you afraid of? Nobody's asking you to have a baby.

Jack Lemmon

Baby, Sex, Spring

"Fictional character: Jerry". "Some Like It Hot", 1959.