Jack Lemmon - biography

“I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being.  We have also lost one of the best damn actors we’ll ever see.”

“I’d like to spend the rest of my life doing nothing but Billy Wilder films.”

“If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.  You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.”

“Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.”

“Stay humble.  Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.”

“I won’t quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic.”

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”

“Failure seldom stops you.  What stops you is the fear of failure.”

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

“If you think it’s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.”

“It’s hard enough to write a good drama, it’s much harder to write a good comedy, and it’s hardest of all to write a drama with comedy.  Which is what life is.”

“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.”

“I’d rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.”

Jack Lemmon has appeared in the following films:
The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
It Should Happen to You (1954)
Phffft (1954)
Three for the Show (1955)
Mister Roberts (1955)
My Sister Eileen (1955)
You Can’t Run Away from It (1956)
Fire Down Below (1957)
Operation Mad Ball (1957)
Cowboy (1958)
Bell Book and Candle (1958)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
It Happened to Jane (1959)
The Apartment (1960)
Le Voyage en ballon (1960)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Irma la Douce (1963)
Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
The Great Race (1965)
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Luv (1967)
There Comes a Day (1968)
The Odd Couple (1968)
The April Fools (1969)
The Out of Towners (1970)
Kotch (1971)
The War Between Men and Women (1972)
Avanti! (1972)
Save the Tiger (1973)
Wednesday (1974)
The Front Page (1974)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
La Polizia ha le mani legate (1975)
Alex and the Gypsy (1976)
Airport ’77 (1977)
The China Syndrome (1979)
Tribute (1980)
Buddy Buddy (1981)
Missing (1982)
Mass Appeal (1984)
Maccheroni (1985)
That’s Life! (1986)
Dad (1989)
JFK (1991)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Short Cuts (1993)
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
The Grass Harp (1995)
Grumpier Old Men (1995)
Getting Away with Murder (1996)
My Fellow Americans (1996)
Hamlet (1996)
Out to Sea (1997)
Puppies for Sale (1998)
The Odd Couple II (1998)
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)