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.
BILLY CRYSTALTwo 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.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that’s what I had to do.
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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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The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
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If you do something for the first time, you will always remember it. If your Dad has something to do with it, you write about it.
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I have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
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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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Nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.
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Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
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At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.
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There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there’s usually only one thing you can do. Go through his clothes and look for loose change.
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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 used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
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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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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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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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