From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that’s what I had to do.
BILLY CRYSTALFrom the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that’s what I had to do.
BILLY CRYSTALI’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
BILLY CRYSTALAt some point I stopped stand-up because I didn’t have something to say on a nightly basis.
BILLY CRYSTALI 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.
BILLY CRYSTALYou give up your dream, you give up.
BILLY CRYSTALBambi, to a kid, was scary.
BILLY CRYSTALWomen need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
BILLY CRYSTALAt 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.
BILLY CRYSTALIt is better to look good than to feel good.
BILLY CRYSTALAs a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.
BILLY CRYSTALDon’t give up your power.
BILLY CRYSTALThere’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.
BILLY CRYSTALIn 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.
BILLY CRYSTALI love doing it [hosting the Oscars] because I love the danger of it and you have to come through and think on your feet.
BILLY CRYSTALThat’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
BILLY CRYSTALI’d like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
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