What’s so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you’re constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.
BILLY CRYSTALYou have to always remember they’re not your own kids. Play with them, love them, spoil them to death – then hand them back.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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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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It is better to look good than to feel good.
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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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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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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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Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America’s biggest export is now the Oscar.
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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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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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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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I’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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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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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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The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
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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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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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