Did you ever reach a point in your life, where you say to yourself, ‘This is the best I’m ever going to look, the best I’m ever going to feel, the best I’m ever going to do,’ and it ain’t that great?
BILLY CRYSTALBy the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he’s too old to go anywhere.
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 a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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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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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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The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
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I started examining history and then everything related to the theater. History, art, all the other studies, if I could link them into the theater, then it became alive for me. It just opened up my eyes.
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I’m comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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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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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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Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America’s biggest export is now the Oscar.
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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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I used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
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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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It is better to look good than to feel good.
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