When comedy is good, it’s jazz. The beats of it, the looseness, the improvisational part, the music-the way you hit the inflection, the high notes of a joke. It’s all melody to me.
BILLY CRYSTAL
I’m comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
![Billy Crystal Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-always-came-away-thinking-id-like-to-see-her-mor.jpg)
![Billy Crystal Quote - [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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-did-impressions-of-relatives-because-i-heard-so-.jpg)
![Billy Crystal Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/i-was-introducing-director-and-producer-hal-roach--683x1024.jpg)
![Billy Crystal Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-love-doing-it-hosting-the-oscars-because-i-love-.jpg)
