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 CRYSTALIf 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.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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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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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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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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You give up your dream, you give up.
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I was introducing [director and producer] Hal Roach – Mr. Roach was 100 years old, he was one of the fathers of early days in films, he put Laurel with Hardy, he created the Our Gang kids, and all these silent movies he did – he was a giant.
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I’m married – I’ve caught my limit.
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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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I’m comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
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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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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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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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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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I’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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