I remember that Jack Lemmon, who is one of my favorite actors of all time, says that the day he stops being nervous is the day he should leave the business.
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I'm a huge fan of Jack Lemmon, he was someone who managed to tread that line between comedy and tragedy and sometimes give very big performances, but they were never over-demonstrative and they were never not based on a kind of real truthful human being.
Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.
Everybody that's an actor leaves it for a while 'cause they ain't got a job.
As an actor there are times when you're sitting around and wishing you were working, so you've got to just take it when it comes.
As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.
There is always one person on the set who has a lot of anxiety, an actor who is really intense and has to stay in character and holds himself away from the rest of us.
I think it's an actor's responsibility to change every time. Not only for himself and the people he's working with, but for the audience. If you just go out and deliver the same dish every time... it's meat loaf again... you'd get bored. I'd get bored.
It takes a good actor to sound excited every time.
Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
Well, you know what? The actor still gets up in the morning, if he's still got something to work with, you go out there and you do it. Never quit!