I had really good hearing and when you’re scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.
BILLY CRYSTALWhen 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?
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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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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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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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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As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.
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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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Don’t give up your power.
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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’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary.
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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he’s too old to go anywhere.
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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 comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
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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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It is better to look good than to feel good.
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