I used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
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More Billy Crystal Quotes
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[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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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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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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I’m comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
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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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I never stopped believing in us and I never felt like I was wanting for anything, except for my father, and that was not going to be. I describe in the book [that] I don’t think I ever felt young again in that way.
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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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Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
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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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Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America’s biggest export is now the Oscar.
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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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Change is such hard work.
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You give up your dream, you give up.
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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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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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