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I loved the idea of touching base with an audience.
Jerry Stiller
Idea
The worst thing in this business is to be thought of as a no-talent.
Jerry Stiller
Business
Thought
Anne is very forgiving. She doesn't care about money, being rich, or clothes. We never argued about finances.
Jerry Stiller
Money
Being
Care
Clothes
Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer's.
Jerry Stiller
Being
Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a mine field.
Jerry Stiller
Comedy
During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.
Jerry Stiller
Funny
Men
People
Audiences
Depression
Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie.
Jerry Stiller
War
Hollywood
Vietnam
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.
Jerry Stiller
Age
People
Body
I don't think my judgment is that good. I don't know what is funny.
Jerry Stiller
Funny
Judgment
Anne hated the idea of putting me down in front of the audience.
Jerry Stiller
Idea
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.
Jerry Stiller
People
Strength
Today
My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material.
Jerry Stiller
Mother
Father
Fighting
Money is sensual.
Jerry Stiller
Money
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.
Jerry Stiller
Youth
I've been around the block a lot and I've had a merry trail for 55 years.
Jerry Stiller
Years