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.
BILLY CRYSTALDid 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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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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I had really good hearing and when you’re scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.
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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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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 have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
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My grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I’ve already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me.
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You have to really respect what your kids are doing with their kids and how they’re raising them. You can’t push your way into areas where you shouldn’t be saying anything.
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The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
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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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When I’ve gotten criticism, it’s that it’s too long, too soft, didn’t hit the government hard enough. Then when I do hit the government, they go, What’s he doing hitting the government?
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Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I’d always go off book and start improvising.
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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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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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