Jack Lemmon
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"John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III" was an American actor and musician. Lemmon was an eight time Academy Award nominee, with two wins. He starred in more than 60 films, including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (1955 film)/Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Days of Wine and Roses (film)/Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple (film)/The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Academy Award for Best Actor), The Out-of-Towners (1970 film)/The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing (film)/Missing (for which he won Volpi Cup/Best Actor at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival), Glengarry Glen Ross (film)/Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men (film)/Grumpy Old Men, and Grumpier Old Men.

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I was lying 10th and had a 350foot putt. I whispered over my shoulder: `How does this one break?' And my caddie said `Who cares?'

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Stay humble. Always answer the phone -- no matter who else is in the car.

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How do you know that God didn't speak to Charles Darwin?

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Some Like It Hot, Nobody's perfect.

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We're doing very serious stuff, ... But some of the stuff we pull with each other in between is not serious at all, and also not repeatable.

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Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.

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I think whatever you do, if you are going to do it well or even if you don't do it well, you have to have a passion for it, and I am passionate about it. I love it. I respect it and it gets me. I get off on acting.

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[For his part, Lemmon says he's proud to work with Scott, and hopes to do it again.] Any actor that ever works with George C. Scott is going to say, 'I'd be very happy working with Mr. Scott for the rest of my life,' ... And I feel that way, I really do.

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