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.
BILLY CRYSTALGood news, they found Nemo! The bad news is, they found him in one of Wolfgang Puck’s puff pastries.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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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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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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Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America’s biggest export is now the Oscar.
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When we had the girls, my daughter Jenny gave us like a Bible from my daughter of, “Don’t feed them this; don’t feed them that, if she says this, don’t say that,” It was crazy!
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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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As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.
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I’ve always thought that the key to a good sex life is variety. That’s why God gave me two hands. Humans love sex, we need sex, it’s how we connect, it reminds us we’re alive, it’s the third most basic human need, after food and good movie popcorn.
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I’d like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
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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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I had really good hearing and when you’re scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.
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Don’t give up your power.
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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 used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
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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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Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead.
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