You give up your dream, you give up.
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.
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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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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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I’d like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
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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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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 used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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I’m comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
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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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By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he’s too old to go anywhere.
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What’s so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you’re constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.
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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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At some point I stopped stand-up because I didn’t have something to say on a nightly basis.
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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 have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
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