Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
BILLY CRYSTALI used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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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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Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead.
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It is better to look good than to feel good.
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I’ve always thought that the key to a good sex life is variety. That’s why God gave me two hands. Humans love sex, we need sex, it’s how we connect, it reminds us we’re alive, it’s the third most basic human need, after food and good movie popcorn.
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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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Don’t give up your power.
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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.
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I’m comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
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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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You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.
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I’m a baby. I sleep like a baby – I’m up every two hours. And I think a lot. I worry a lot. I have great nights of no sleep where ideas come.
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The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
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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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Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I’d always go off book and start improvising.
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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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