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You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.

Billy Crystal

At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.
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Remember Same Things
[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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Dad Stars Uncle
I had really good hearing and when you’re scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.
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Hearing Noise Scared
You have to really respect what your kids are doing with their kids and how they’re raising them. You can’t push your way into areas where you shouldn’t be saying anything.
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Hands Kids Play
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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Father Introducing Kids Producer Years
Bambi, to a kid, was scary.
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Comedy Kids Scary
It is better to look good than to feel good.
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Comedian Feel Good Looks
You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.
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Muscles Stage World
Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America’s biggest export is now the Oscar.
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Country Funny Humorous
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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Book Improvising Play School
From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that’s what I had to do.
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Ghouls Saws Sids
What’s so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you’re constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.
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Frustrating Life Over Starting
Change is such hard work.
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Change Inspirational Work
I’m married – I’ve caught my limit.
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Caught Limits Married
I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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Fifth Grade Growing Height
I have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
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Different Happened Something

You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.

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