I have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
BILLY CRYSTALIn 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.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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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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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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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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I was introducing [director and producer] Hal Roach – Mr. Roach was 100 years old, he was one of the fathers of early days in films, he put Laurel with Hardy, he created the Our Gang kids, and all these silent movies he did – he was a giant.
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I had really good hearing and when you’re scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.
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The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
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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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Don’t give up your power.
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You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.
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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there’s usually only one thing you can do. Go through his clothes and look for loose change.
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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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