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.
BILLY CRYSTALMy grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I’ve already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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Don’t give up your power.
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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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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’m going to go on just living and laughing and loving.
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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 can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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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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Good news, they found Nemo! The bad news is, they found him in one of Wolfgang Puck’s puff pastries.
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What’s so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you’re constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.
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You give up your dream, you give up.
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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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I started examining history and then everything related to the theater. History, art, all the other studies, if I could link them into the theater, then it became alive for me. It just opened up my eyes.
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Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
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