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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More Billy Crystal Quotes
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary.
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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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Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
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I’m married – I’ve caught my limit.
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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 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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Don’t give up your power.
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What’s so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you’re constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.
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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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You give up your dream, you give up.
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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.
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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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When I’ve gotten criticism, it’s that it’s too long, too soft, didn’t hit the government hard enough. Then when I do hit the government, they go, What’s he doing hitting the government?
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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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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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