I have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
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.
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary.
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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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I’m a baby. I sleep like a baby – I’m up every two hours. And I think a lot. I worry a lot. I have great nights of no sleep where ideas come.
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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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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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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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As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.
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Don’t give up your power.
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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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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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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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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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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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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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You give up your dream, you give up.
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