Billy Crystal Quotes
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My Aunt Sheila was terrifying! She would put a napkin in her mouth and say, 'You've got something on your face, dear. Let me just scratch that off your face. Let me sand your cheek.'
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To me, little Mike Wazowski is one of the best characters I ever got to play because he was funny. He was outrageous. He got angry. He was romantic. He was a full, well-rounded character.
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Whatever it is that's bothering me - interacting with annoying guy at a restaurant, contemplating my age, or losing friends to illness - I'll start to chip away at it. If you can poke holes in it, it's not as formidable; it's not as scary, and ultimately, it becomes another truth.
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It is great seeing the fruits of your labor. The joy I have in watching my daughters with their kids is great, because they're doing a wonderful job, and the kids are fantastic.
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I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.
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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 really could've been a good student, but I was always hearing an imaginary audience.
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Your first friends are your truest friends, I find. And the ones that stick are really special.
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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.
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Muhammad Ali struck us in the middle of America's darkest night, in the heart of its most threatening gathering storm. His power toppled the mightiest of foes, and his intense light shined on America, and we were able to see clearly injustice, inequality, poverty, pride, self realization, courage, laughter, love, joy and religious freedom for all.
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I never worry that I'll die in my sleep, because I'm never asleep!
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From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do.
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Performing was how I was able to release this pain I had.
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I have to admit, I was a little bit of a misfit.
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I didn't rebel as a child. I missed that angry teenager thing.
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The Academy and the Oscars have been very gracious to me.
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Mom was so funny and loving to us kids. She was our first audience. When my dad died, I was suddenly alone in the house with her because my two older brothers were away at college. I was the man of the house, and she was the grieving woman.
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My girls turned out great.
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I'm almost shocked that I'm still around after all of these years... and always grateful that I get another turn to do something.
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I think I've far exceeded what I ever thought I could possibly do.
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I don't go to any of the big Academy parties while the show is on because, invariably, it turns to people watching me watch the host, and it's not comfortable. I watch at home and hope the show gets to be really good.
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Nothing takes the sting out of these tough economic times like watching a bunch of millionaires giving golden statues to each other.
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I think it's like a relay race. You run, and you hand over the baton, and your kids pick it up. They take the stuff they want, throw the rest away, and keep running. That's what life is about.
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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.