At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.
BILLY CRYSTALI don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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I’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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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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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 have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
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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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I always came away thinking “I’d like to see her more,” you know? And then when [Parental Guidance] was ready to be cast, we thought – Bette [Midler]. So we called her.
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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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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!
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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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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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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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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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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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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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There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there’s usually only one thing you can do. Go through his clothes and look for loose change.
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