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.
BILLY CRYSTALBambi, to a kid, was scary.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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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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Change is such hard work.
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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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There’s only, I think, in life, three things that I do pretty well: Performing, I still can field ground balls, and I make nice kids.
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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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[I did impressions] of relatives because I heard so many different sounds. My dad was in the music business and of course my uncle was a giant [music producer], but my dad in particular had the house filled with these Dixieland jazz stars.
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The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
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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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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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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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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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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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I think when I feel I’m at my best is when I’m on stage, and it’s my version of jazz because it’s just riffing or something.
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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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