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. …
BILLY CRYSTALIt is better to look good than to feel good.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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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 comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
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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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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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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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Kids need a happy household. They need to be loved and supported in their dreams. And I don’t think you can make your kids’ dreams your own. They need you to support them in their dreams.
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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 don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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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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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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Good news, they found Nemo! The bad news is, they found him in one of Wolfgang Puck’s puff pastries.
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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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You give up your dream, you give up.
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You 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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There’s only, I think, in life, three things that I do pretty well: Performing, I still can field ground balls, and I make nice kids.
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