I’m going to go on just living and laughing and loving.
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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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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Bambi, to a kid, was scary.
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At some point I stopped stand-up because I didn’t have something to say on a nightly basis.
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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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[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 used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
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I’m married – I’ve caught my limit.
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I think when I feel I’m at my best is when I’m on stage, and it’s my version of jazz because it’s just riffing or something.
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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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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’m comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
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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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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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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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I love doing it [hosting the Oscars] because I love the danger of it and you have to come through and think on your feet.
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