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.
BILLY CRYSTALDon’t give up your power.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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You give up your dream, you give up.
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I never stopped believing in us and I never felt like I was wanting for anything, except for my father, and that was not going to be. I describe in the book [that] I don’t think I ever felt young again in that way.
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary.
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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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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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You have to really respect what your kids are doing with their kids and how they’re raising them. You can’t push your way into areas where you shouldn’t be saying anything.
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I’m going to go on just living and laughing and loving.
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The inspiration was this great group of 40 or 50 relatives, sometimes for Thanksgiving or Passover or something and my brothers would just go up and make them laugh.
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I’d like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
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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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As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.
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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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I’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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