I used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
BILLY CRYSTALNothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.
More Billy Crystal Quotes
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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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[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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A laugh is a weird sound, and when you get a couple thousand people making it at once, it’s really strange. But when I can feel proud of myself for causing it, it’s great.
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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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Don’t give up your power.
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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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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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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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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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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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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.
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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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I started examining history and then everything related to the theater. History, art, all the other studies, if I could link them into the theater, then it became alive for me. It just opened up my eyes.
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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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