Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
BILLY CRYSTALWhat’s so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you’re constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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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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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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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.
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You give up your dream, you give up.
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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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A laugh is a weird sound, and when you get a couple thousand people making it at once, it’s really strange. But when I can feel proud of myself for causing it, it’s great.
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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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You have to really respect what your kids are doing with their kids and how they’re raising them. You can’t push your way into areas where you shouldn’t be saying anything.
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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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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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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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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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My grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I’ve already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me.
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