Actor and comedian Jerry Stiller Motivational Quotes
Jerry Stiller was an American comedian, actor, and author. Jerry Stiller’s full name Gerald Isaac Stiller. He was born on June 8, 1927, died on May 11, 2020. Jerry Stiller started his late-career in 1993 as George Costanza’s father Frank on the sitcom Seinfeld. Stiller was the father of actor Ben Stiller. Both father and son would appear together in films such as Zoolander, Heavyweights, Hot Pursuit, The Heartbreak Kid, and Zoolander 2. Stiller became known for playing grumpy and eccentric characters who were nevertheless beloved.
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Jerry Stiller motivational quotes
During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.
We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there’s a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together.
I’ve been in therapy for 30 years, but not in a group. A wonderful lady has gotten me through every crisis that’s come up, and I’ve had a few.
New York is always changing. As you walk down the street, your life is a new ballgame.
That’s one of the reasons I think the show was so successful that we weren’t thinking of our next line, we were just listening to each other and we liked each other in a very big way. We just made each other laugh.
Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a minefield.
My father and mother — I figured if I could make them laugh, they’d stop fighting. I stole all their material.
I shave without using shaving cream.
Money is sensual.
It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there’s a trick to it. The trick is not to look at the later pictures.
Never go for the punch line. There might be something funnier on the way.
Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie.
I’ve been around the block a lot and I’ve had a merry trail for 55 years.
Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer’s.
Anne hated the idea of putting me down in front of the audience.
The worst thing in this business is to be thought of as a no-talent.
I loved the idea of touching base with an audience.
Anne is very forgiving. She doesn’t care about money, being rich, or clothes. We never argued about finances.
We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there’s a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together.
I ask myself why I do it. Maybe it’s to prove I’m still around. It takes a lot out of my body. I’m not an NBA player anymore. At my age, very few people can handle it.
I don’t think my judgment is that good. I don’t know what is funny.
In the ancient days when gods played their own games, and had their own celebrations, tossing lightning bolts between mountaintops, hurling great boulders — Festivus came out of that.
There’s something pure about Festivus, something primal, raw in the hearts of humans.
All I’m saying is, if you celebrate Festivus, you may live a little longer.
