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.
BILLY CRYSTALI have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
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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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The inspiration was this great group of 40 or 50 relatives, sometimes for Thanksgiving or Passover or something and my brothers would just go up and make them laugh.
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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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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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It is better to look good than to feel good.
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I’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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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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There’s only, I think, in life, three things that I do pretty well: Performing, I still can field ground balls, and I make nice kids.
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I’m comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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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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Bambi, to a kid, was scary.
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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’d like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
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