(the Nutty Professor) Was A Labor Of

I Tell Young Comics, 'do You Want This Badly Enough? It's There. But You Have To Go Get It. And If You Think I'm Going To Give You The Key To The Lock Of That Door, There Is No Key, There Is No Lock, And There Is No Door.'

I've Had The Greatest Respect For My Work In This Country By Americans. Critics Have No Brains.

I Never Got A Formal Education. So My Intellect Is My Common Sense. I Don't Have Anything Else Going For Me. And My Common Sense Opens The Door To Instinct.

Postwar America Was A Very Buttoned-up Nation. Radio Shows Were Run By Censors, Presidents Wore Hats, Ladies Wore Girdles. We Came Straight Out Of The Blue - Nobody Was Expecting Anything Like Martin And Lewis. A Sexy Guy And A Monkey Is How Some People Saw Us.

A Lot Of People Resent That I've Been In Someone's Life For 50 Years. Why Shouldn't People Have An Affection For Me And What I've Done? Didn't I Have To Be Genuine For Them To Buy Into What I Did? There Are Children Who Grow Up Today Who Will Not Have That When They're 55 Years Old. With Whom Will They Have It? Name An Example For Me.