Jerry Orbach:
(New York, 20 October 1935 – Manhattan, New York, 28 December 2004) was an American actor.
Orbach played on a football team in his youth. Later, he worked at the Chevy Chase Country Club. His most famous work was for the television series Law & Order. Orbach played the role of Detective Lennie Briscoe in the series for twelve seasons. He also appeared in Broadway productions. He won a Tony Award for his performance in Promises Promises. He also starred in films such as Dirty Dancing, Beauty and the Beast and Crimes and Misdemeanors. In 1963, the LP ‘Jerry Orbach- Off Broadway’ was released.
During the filming of the episode 41 Shots for the series Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Orbach was already so ill that he could only whisper. Certain scenes were therefore rewritten to justify the whispering.
He died of prostate cancer at the age of 69. He was married to musical actress Elaine Cancilla Orbach.
Now I take the summer off, relax, and I know that at the end of July, we’re gonna start another season.
> “I can enjoy my summer break because I’m confident my TV show/job will resume again at the end of July.”
In context, it expresses ‘comfort, stability, and routine’—especially unusual in acting, where work is often uncertain. The speaker is saying that instead of worrying about the next job, he can relax because another season is already expected to begin.
“Gonna” = informal “going to.”
🎭 Author / Attribution:
The quote is ‘widely attributed to Jerry Orbach‘ — the American actor best known for playing ‘Detective Lennie Briscoe’ on “Law & Order” and voicing “Lumière” in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”.
📺 Likely Origin / Context:
The quote most likely refers to Orbach’s years on ‘NBC’s “Law & Order”‘. Television shows often stop filming during the summer and begin production for the next season around ‘late July’.
So he was probably talking about the security of being on a successful long-running series: he could take the summer off knowing filming would resume soon.
⚠️ Note on Source:
This is not really a traditional “saying” or proverb. It appears to be a ‘personal quote’ attributed to Jerry Orbach, commonly found in quote collections, but many of those sources do ‘not provide a precise original interview or publication date’.
