It is better to look good than to feel good.
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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From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that’s what I had to do.
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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 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.
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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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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.
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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’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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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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Change is such hard work.
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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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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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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.
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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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