The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
BILLY CRYSTALI used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
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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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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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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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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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Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America’s biggest export is now the Oscar.
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary.
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If you do something for the first time, you will always remember it. If your Dad has something to do with it, you write about it.
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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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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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I used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
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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’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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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’m going to go on just living and laughing and loving.
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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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Change is such hard work.
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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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Kids 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.
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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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From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that’s what I had to do.
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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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A laugh is a weird sound, and when you get a couple thousand people making it at once, it’s really strange. But when I can feel proud of myself for causing it, it’s great.
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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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I’m comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
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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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