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As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.

Billy Crystal

At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.
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Remember Same Things
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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Comedian Feet Thinking
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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Frustrating Life Over Starting
When comedy is good, it’s jazz. The beats of it, the looseness, the improvisational part, the music-the way you hit the inflection, the high notes of a joke. It’s all melody to me.
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Art Comedy Way
I used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
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Baseball Country
I’m married – I’ve caught my limit.
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Caught Limits Married
Good news, they found Nemo! The bad news is, they found him in one of Wolfgang Puck’s puff pastries.
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News Puck Puff
You give up your dream, you give up.
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Dream Giving Vision
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he’s too old to go anywhere.
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Inspirational Life Wise
It is better to look good than to feel good.
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Comedian Feel Good Looks
I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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Fifth Grade Growing Height
Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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Being Funny Sex Sexy Single
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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Criticism Government Long
As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.
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Actors Character Directors
I’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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Country Free Life Sucker
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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Comedy Jazz Thinking

As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.

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