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 CRYSTALAt 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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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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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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Don’t give up your power.
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The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
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We were in front of a live audience and I would be acting with the man who was playing my lover, and we used those words, and the audience would titter and laugh, and make me uncomfortable doing the scenes. …
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You give up your dream, you give up.
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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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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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I had really good hearing and when you’re scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.
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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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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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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 was introducing [director and producer] Hal Roach – Mr. Roach was 100 years old, he was one of the fathers of early days in films, he put Laurel with Hardy, he created the Our Gang kids, and all these silent movies he did – he was a giant.
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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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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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