Nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.
BILLY CRYSTALYou really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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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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Dad had a music store, and he’d often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy.
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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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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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I’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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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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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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You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.
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I’m married – I’ve caught my limit.
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You give up your dream, you give up.
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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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Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America’s biggest export is now the Oscar.
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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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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 love doing it [hosting the Oscars] because I love the danger of it and you have to come through and think on your feet.
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