When we had the girls, my daughter Jenny gave us like a Bible from my daughter of, “Don’t feed them this; don’t feed them that, if she says this, don’t say that,” It was crazy!
BILLY CRYSTALI used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
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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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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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Two thousand years ago Jesus is crucified, three days later he walks out of a cave and they celebrate with chocolate bunnies and marshmallow Peeps and beautifully decorated eggs. I guess these were things Jesus loved as a child.
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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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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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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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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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Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I’d always go off book and start improvising.
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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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I had really good hearing and when you’re scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.
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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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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’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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