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BILLY CRYSTALMy grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I’ve already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me.
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I think when I feel I’m at my best is when I’m on stage, and it’s my version of jazz because it’s just riffing or something.
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I never stopped believing in us and I never felt like I was wanting for anything, except for my father, and that was not going to be. I describe in the book [that] I don’t think I ever felt young again in that way.
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At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.
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That’s why that show, no matter who hosts it, it really should be a fast-thinking comedian who is really quick on their feet that can handle situations that happen, or somebody with that kind of mentality that can capitalize on something.
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At some point I stopped stand-up because I didn’t have something to say on a nightly basis.
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You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.
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You have to always remember they’re not your own kids. Play with them, love them, spoil them to death – then hand them back.
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I’m comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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My grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I’ve already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me.
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When comedy is good, it’s jazz. The beats of it, the looseness, the improvisational part, the music-the way you hit the inflection, the high notes of a joke. It’s all melody to me.
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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there’s usually only one thing you can do. Go through his clothes and look for loose change.
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It is better to look good than to feel good.
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Nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.
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