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!
BILLY CRYSTALFrom the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that’s what I had to do.
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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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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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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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I’d like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
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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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I used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
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You give up your dream, you give up.
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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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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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You have to always remember they’re not your own kids. Play with them, love them, spoil them to death – then hand them back.
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Kids need a happy household. They need to be loved and supported in their dreams. And I don’t think you can make your kids’ dreams your own. They need you to support them in their dreams.
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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 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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From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that’s what I had to do.
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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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