Jerry Lewis Quotes

If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance.

I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody.

I not only get recognized - I get recognized from behind.

It's kind of tough to get noticed. Sure, I can kick my leg over my head, but how do I get noticed?

Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be conspicuous, at all cost. Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious than the bland and timid masses.

Everybody wants to shine a little bit, even a wallflower.

I think I've benefited from not being hugely known. It means I have to do something really effective to be noticed.

I just never wanted to be too much in the background. I always wanted to be a part of things.

I can never be anonymous - especially when I walk round looking like this; especially when I take so much trouble not to be anonymous, right?

I prefer to be noticed some day, first for my ideas and second for my good eye.

Criticism comes to those who stand out.

I'd rather be looked over than overlooked.

It seems like when you're in the race, they do everything they can to ignore you, so maybe being out of the race [I] might get a little more attention, we'll see.

I can generate attention quickly.

So for me, fashion was about standing out as an individual - and it helped me get the attention that most people try to get with publicity stunts or by doing other crazy things. But I just let the attention come to me naturally, and I think some of that has to do with my fashion.

I don't care what anybody else is wearing. I feel like they're all waiting to see what I have on. If you really want to know the truth, that's what I think. They're waiting to see what I'mma do next.

I always wear my hat backwards. That way, people can see my face.

Have you considered that if you don't make waves, nobody including yourself will know that you are alive?

People better get used to the idea that I exist.

I wanted to be heard, not seen. That's how it all started.

Flamboyance causes people to notice you—particularly press people.

I think sometimes when you want attention, you can wear sunglasses, and people are like, 'Who is that?'

I always wanted to be somebody that kind of stuck out on the stage.

It's cool to turn some heads.

Even if you don't like me, you know me because I'm just in your face.