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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Change is such hard work.
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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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[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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Don’t give up your power.
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I can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
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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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It is better to look good than to feel good.
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When comedy is good, it’s jazz. The beats of it, the looseness, the improvisational part, the music-the way you hit the inflection, the high notes of a joke. It’s all melody to me.
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I’m married – I’ve caught my limit.
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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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As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.
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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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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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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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