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?
BILLY CRYSTALI’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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Don’t give up your power.
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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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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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You give up your dream, you give up.
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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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That’s why that show, no matter who hosts it, it really should be a fast-thinking comedian who is really quick on their feet that can handle situations that happen, or somebody with that kind of mentality that can capitalize on something.
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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 comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
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From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that’s what I had to do.
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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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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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You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.
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Change is such hard work.
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It is better to look good than to feel good.
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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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