Kids need a happy household. They need to be loved and supported in their dreams. And I don’t think you can make your kids’ dreams your own. They need you to support them in their dreams.
BILLY CRYSTALAt some point I stopped stand-up because I didn’t have something to say on a nightly basis.
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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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I’m a baby. I sleep like a baby – I’m up every two hours. And I think a lot. I worry a lot. I have great nights of no sleep where ideas come.
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I’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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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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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 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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When you realize you want to invest the rest of your lifestyle with somebody, you want the rest of your life to commence as quickly as achievable.
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It is better to look good than to feel good.
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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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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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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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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 can’t be funny if my feet don’t feel right.
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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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