I had really good hearing and when you’re scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.
BILLY CRYSTALThe 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.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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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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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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I’m going to go on just living and laughing and loving.
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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’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
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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 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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As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.
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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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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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Two thousand years ago Jesus is crucified, three days later he walks out of a cave and they celebrate with chocolate bunnies and marshmallow Peeps and beautifully decorated eggs. I guess these were things Jesus loved as a child.
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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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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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