I never had the pleasure — and I'm sure it would have been one — of meeting Jack Lemmon but he was probably my favorite film actor. One thing that struck me as impressive about him was not that he was in a lot of good movies — some people have managed that via luck and/or a good agent — but that so many great movies were great because of him. Not only that but many weak movies were elevated to "watchable" status because of his presence. If Glenn Ford had starred in How to Murder Your Wife, they'd still be fumigating the theaters but with Lemmon, it was what you call your basic "fun romp." I had the joy of seeing him (Lemmon, not Ford) on stage in Bernard Slade's Tribute and it was a perfect example of what they mean when they say a great star "takes the stage." He took it and never gave it back until he was done with it…and you never took your eyes off him for an instant. They don't get any better than that.