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 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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[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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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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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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Nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.
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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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Change is such hard work.
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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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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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Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
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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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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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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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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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