It is better to look good than to feel good.
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 have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
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The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
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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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I had really good hearing and when you’re scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.
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Nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.
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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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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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I used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
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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 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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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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[I did impressions] of relatives because I heard so many different sounds. My dad was in the music business and of course my uncle was a giant [music producer], but my dad in particular had the house filled with these Dixieland jazz stars.
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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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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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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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