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.
BILLY CRYSTALIf 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 don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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I never stopped believing in us and I never felt like I was wanting for anything, except for my father, and that was not going to be. I describe in the book [that] I don’t think I ever felt young again in that way.
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When we had the girls, my daughter Jenny gave us like a Bible from my daughter of, “Don’t feed them this; don’t feed them that, if she says this, don’t say that,” It was crazy!
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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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You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.
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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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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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Change is such hard work.
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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’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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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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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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I’m a baby. I sleep like a baby – I’m up every two hours. And I think a lot. I worry a lot. I have great nights of no sleep where ideas come.
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I’m married – I’ve caught my limit.
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary.
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