I always came away thinking “I’d like to see her more,” you know? And then when [Parental Guidance] was ready to be cast, we thought – Bette [Midler]. So we called her.
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.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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It is better to look good than to feel good.
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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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We were in front of a live audience and I would be acting with the man who was playing my lover, and we used those words, and the audience would titter and laugh, and make me uncomfortable doing the scenes. …
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That’s why that show, no matter who hosts it, it really should be a fast-thinking comedian who is really quick on their feet that can handle situations that happen, or somebody with that kind of mentality that can capitalize on something.
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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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Change is such hard work.
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Nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.
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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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You give up your dream, you give up.
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I’m married – I’ve caught my limit.
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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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Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
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I’m going to go on just living and laughing and loving.
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I love doing it [hosting the Oscars] because I love the danger of it and you have to come through and think on your feet.
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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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