You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.
BILLY CRYSTALKids 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.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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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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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 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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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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I have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
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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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At some point I stopped stand-up because I didn’t have something to say on a nightly basis.
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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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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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It is better to look good than to feel good.
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I’m comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
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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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Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead.
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