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Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal
American Comedian
Born: Mar 14, 1947
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Related authors: George Carlin Groucho Marx Milton Berle Mitch Hedberg Robin Williams Rodney Dangerfield Steven Wright W. C. Fields
What's so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you're constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that. Billy Crystal
Life Love Time Great You Starting Over Constantly About Over Frustrating Fascinating Starting
Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place. Billy Crystal
Women Sex Men Just Place Reason Need
One night, I wrote down all the things I was waiting to do with my little granddaughter, and it became a book, 'I Already Know I Love You.' It was one of those really lovely things in life. Billy Crystal
Life Love You Waiting Book Down Those One-Night Know Wrote Became Love You Lovely Little Granddaughter Really Things Night
My mum, Helen, was hilarious. She had a tremendous sense of humour and was a great singer and tap dancer. For many years, she was the voice of Minnie Mouse in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She would be in the float as it came along, singing whatever the Minnie Mouse song of the day was. She was a really big spirit in my life. Billy Crystal
Life Day Thanksgiving Great Song My Life Hilarious Singing Big Whatever Sense Tremendous Humour Dancer Parade Would Would-Be Spirit Voice Had Along Singer She Came Years Tap Mouse Really Many Float Mum
Two things I really wanted to be: a stand-up comic or a New York Yankee - or a really funny New York Yankee. Billy Crystal
Funny New Yankee Comic York New York Wanted Really Stand-Up Comic Things Two
What life throws at you - you just have to learn how to hit it, which is a baseball metaphor. The ball's outside, you hit to the right. You don't let them go by. Billy Crystal
Life You Outside Throws Learn Ball How Metaphor Go Hit Just Which Them Baseball Right
I think I've far exceeded what I ever thought I could possibly do. Billy Crystal
Thought Think Possibly Exceeded Could Far Ever
I can always say I led off for the New York Yankees. It's an amazing feeling. Billy Crystal
Amazing Feeling Say New Yankees Always Amazing Feeling Led Off York New York
Since I got into the movies, 'Running Scared,' that did $40 million. 'Princess Bride,' I got good reviews for the character Miracle Max. 'Memories of Me' didn't do well. 'Throw Mama from the Train' did $70 million. 'Harry and Sally' did 95 or 96. 'City Slickers' did $120 million. Billy Crystal
Good Character Me Memories Harry Running City Scared Miracle Throw Since Princess Well Got Reviews Sally Mama Train Did Max Movies Bride Million
When you're the host of the Academy Awards, and you grew up watching Bob Hope and Johnny Carson, and now it's your turn, and you get a chance to run with the baton on the relay for a while, I really embraced it and just really loved being there. Billy Crystal
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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. Billy Crystal
Great Every Think Nights Baby Worry Come Like Hours Ideas Lot Up Where Two Sleep
I could always improvise. Some of my teachers remember me standing in front of the class with a flower on my head, talking about photosynthesis. I'd stop and say, 'Is this working for any of you?' The kids were like, 'What is he doing?' Billy Crystal
Me You Class Remember Improvise Flower Say Kids Some About Could Remember Me He Head Like Talking Always Doing Were Any Front Stop Working Teachers Standing
That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul. Billy Crystal
Soul Free Jazz About Your Thing Flowing
Bambi, to a kid, was scary. Billy Crystal
Kid Scary Bambi
Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro. Billy Crystal
Niro More He Nobody De Niro Truthful Than Acting
I can't be funny if my feet don't feel right. Billy Crystal
Funny Feel Feet Right
Change is such hard work. Billy Crystal
Work Hard Work Change Hard
I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish. Billy Crystal
Old Black Comfortable Being Jewish
From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do. Billy Crystal
Funny Time First Saw Had Caesar Knew First Time
At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are. Billy Crystal
Remember Those Only Could Same Same Things If I Could Things
I was a film-directing major at NYU. I'm still not sure why I became a directing major, when I was really an actor and a comedian, but there was something that drew me to doing that. Billy Crystal
Me Drew Something Directing Major Comedian Sure Became Still Doing Really Actor NYU Why
You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world. Billy Crystal
You World Stage Some Front Really Muscle
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. Billy Crystal
Myself Great You Strange People Once Laugh Thousand Weird Feel Couple Proud Making Sound Causing Get Really
I never worry that I'll die in my sleep, because I'm never asleep! Billy Crystal
Worry Never Because Die Asleep Sleep
In my standup work, I always do these characters, older people who are just off to the side. It's easier to write a story about the guy who made it to the top, but the middle is so much more interesting, so much more murky. Billy Crystal
Work People Made Older Side Top Easier Characters About Guy More Write Always Off Just Middle Story Interesting Much Who Standup Older People Murky
My dad, Jack, had a great sense of humour and had a strong impact on me and my humour. Billy Crystal
Great Me Strong Sense Humour Impact Had Great Sense Jack Dad
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