By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he’s too old to go anywhere.
BILLY CRYSTALDad 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.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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It is better to look good than to feel good.
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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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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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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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The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
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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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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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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary.
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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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Change is such hard work.
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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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I started examining history and then everything related to the theater. History, art, all the other studies, if I could link them into the theater, then it became alive for me. It just opened up my eyes.
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I’m going to go on just living and laughing and loving.
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I’m married – I’ve caught my limit.
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