Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I’d always go off book and start improvising.
BILLY CRYSTALI 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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You have to always remember they’re not your own kids. Play with them, love them, spoil them to death – then hand them back.
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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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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 a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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I’m comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish.
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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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As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.
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You give up your dream, you give up.
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When you realize you want to invest the rest of your lifestyle with somebody, you want the rest of your life to commence as quickly as achievable.
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Did you ever reach a point in your life, where you say to yourself, ‘This is the best I’m ever going to look, the best I’m ever going to feel, the best I’m ever going to do,’ and it ain’t that great?
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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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Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America’s biggest export is now the Oscar.
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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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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
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