The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
BILLY CRYSTALEven when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I’d always go off book and start improvising.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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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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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 really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.
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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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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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Don’t give up your power.
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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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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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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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Kids need a happy household. They need to be loved and supported in their dreams. And I don’t think you can make your kids’ dreams your own. They need you to support them in their dreams.
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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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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 have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
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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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I’m going to go on just living and laughing and loving.
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