Happy Birthday: Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

Born: March 16, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey, USA

Married to: SanDee Pitnick (13 February 1983 – present) (1 child)
Patti Lewis (3 October 1944 – 27 January 1983) (divorced) (6 children)

[on Stan Laurel] His magic was, he loved the regular man. He loved plain people, and he loved being one of them. He enjoyed participating in the art of going out into the world and getting in trouble.

My dad used to say if you don’t get nervous, you don’t care. When I hear that first applause, my heart spreads across my chest, and I’m as happy as a pig in s..t!

[on the 1996 remake of The Nutty Professor] I have such respect for Eddie, but I should not have done it. What I did was perfect the first time around and all you’re going to do is diminish that perfection by letting someone else do it.

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