In high school, I was the class comedian as opposed to the class clown. The difference is the class clown is the guy who drops his pants at the football game, the class comedian is the guy who talked him into it.
BILLY CRYSTALAt 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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Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America’s biggest export is now the Oscar.
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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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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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I’ve always thought that the key to a good sex life is variety. That’s why God gave me two hands. Humans love sex, we need sex, it’s how we connect, it reminds us we’re alive, it’s the third most basic human need, after food and good movie popcorn.
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We were in front of a live audience and I would be acting with the man who was playing my lover, and we used those words, and the audience would titter and laugh, and make me uncomfortable doing the scenes. …
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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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From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that’s what I had to do.
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It is better to look good than to feel good.
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Kids need a happy household. They need to be loved and supported in their dreams. And I don’t think you can make your kids’ dreams your own. They need you to support them in their dreams.
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Did you ever reach a point in your life, where you say to yourself, ‘This is the best I’m ever going to look, the best I’m ever going to feel, the best I’m ever going to do,’ and it ain’t that great?
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As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.
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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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I had really good hearing and when you’re scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.
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Change is such hard work.
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