Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America’s biggest export is now the Oscar.
BILLY CRYSTAL[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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I had really good hearing and when you’re scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.
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My grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I’ve already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me.
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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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I’m married – I’ve caught my limit.
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There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there’s usually only one thing you can do. Go through his clothes and look for loose change.
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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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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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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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It is better to look good than to feel good.
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Change is such hard work.
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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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Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
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When I’ve gotten criticism, it’s that it’s too long, too soft, didn’t hit the government hard enough. Then when I do hit the government, they go, What’s he doing hitting the government?
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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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Don’t give up your power.
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