I always came away thinking “I’d like to see her more,” you know? And then when [Parental Guidance] was ready to be cast, we thought – Bette [Midler]. So we called her.
BILLY CRYSTALI’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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I love doing it [hosting the Oscars] because I love the danger of it and you have to come through and think on your feet.
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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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A laugh is a weird sound, and when you get a couple thousand people making it at once, it’s really strange. But when I can feel proud of myself for causing it, it’s great.
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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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I’d like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
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When you realize you want to invest the rest of your lifestyle with somebody, you want the rest of your life to commence as quickly as achievable.
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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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As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.
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If you do something for the first time, you will always remember it. If your Dad has something to do with it, you write about it.
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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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I’m married – I’ve caught my limit.
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Dad had a music store, and he’d often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy.
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Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead.
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I started examining history and then everything related to the theater. History, art, all the other studies, if I could link them into the theater, then it became alive for me. It just opened up my eyes.
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You have to really respect what your kids are doing with their kids and how they’re raising them. You can’t push your way into areas where you shouldn’t be saying anything.
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