Change is such hard work.
BILLY CRYSTALI 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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In high school, I was the class comedian as opposed to the class clown. The difference is the class clown is the guy who drops his pants at the football game, the class comedian is the guy who talked him into it.
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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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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 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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When you realize you want to invest the rest of your lifestyle with somebody, you want the rest of your life to commence as quickly as achievable.
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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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You give up your dream, you give up.
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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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Did you ever reach a point in your life, where you say to yourself, ‘This is the best I’m ever going to look, the best I’m ever going to feel, the best I’m ever going to do,’ and it ain’t that great?
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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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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’d like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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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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Bambi, to a kid, was scary.
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