I think when I feel I’m at my best is when I’m on stage, and it’s my version of jazz because it’s just riffing or something.
BILLY CRYSTALI can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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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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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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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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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’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 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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Bambi, to a kid, was scary.
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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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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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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
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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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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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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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