“In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and ...” — Jack Lemmon Quote

In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.

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.

I remember trying to be funny, and both of my parents were terribly funny. My father was also very dignified, but my mother was an absolute ding-a-ling, a ripper.

My career has been full of remarkable coincidences that have nothing to do with me.

Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.

Something that I wanted to do since I was a kid, bring a world title to the Bridgestone successfully.

The government never does anything successfully.

If we could reach the point where many of our nation's future leaders know what teachers know after teaching successfully in our highest-need schools, we would have a very different situation.

By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.

And I don't believe that women can successfully have it all. I really don't.