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I love doing it [hosting the O...

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. 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.

Billy Crystal 137 quotes

This time I particularly loved...

This time I particularly loved because it came from a real experience with my grandchildren. Having them alone alone for the first time for six or seven days and going "Wow, this is exhausting," because when you're not around little ones for a long time, you forget about how much work that is. So I came in and started writing the story that became this movie ['PARENTAL GUIDANCE'].

Billy Crystal 137 quotes

For almost 40 years, he was th...

For almost 40 years, he was the brightest star in the comedy galaxy... Their beautiful light will continue to shine on us forever. And the glow will be so bright, it'll warm your heart, it'll make your eyes glisten, and it'll make you think to yourselves: Robin Williams, what a concept.

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When we had the girls, my daug...

When we had the girls, my daughter Jenny gave us like a Bible from my daughter of, "Don't feed them this; don't feed them that, if she says this, don't say that," It was crazy!

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Nothing can take the sting out...

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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Since I was a kid, every Thank...

Since I was a kid, every Thanksgiving growing up in New York, we always watched 'The March of the Wooden Soldiers' by Laurel and Hardy. Never miss it.

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I always came away thinking "...

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.

Billy Crystal 137 quotes

Consider the rose...The rose i...

Consider the rose...The rose is the sweetest smelling flower of all, and it's the most beautiful because it's the most simple, right? But sometimes, you got to clip the rose. You got to cut the rose back, so something sweeter smelling and stronger, and even more beautiful, will grow in its place

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We were in front of a live aud...

We were in front of a live audience and I would be acting with the man who was playing my lover, and we used those words, and the audience would titter and laugh, and make me uncomfortable doing the scenes. ... I wanted to sort of stop and yell at them, "What's so funny? What's the matter with you people? Grow up!" It made me very self-conscious at times.

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Did you ever reach a point in ...

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 was always drawn to performi...

I was always drawn to performing, but I never thought I could. I have no idea what I wanted to do outside of the old cowboy-or-fireman. When I was in college, I got serious about acting. I started examining history and then everything related to the theater. History, art, all the other studies, if I could link them into the theater, then it became alive for me. It just opened up my eyes.

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The house as I say ... smelled...

The house as I say ... smelled of brisket and bourbon, so you could hear that. I started imitating them. Phrases came out of that, "Can't you dig that?" "I knew that you would." We were at [Passover] Seders and they were confused with the bitter herbs, "Do we smoke these or do we do we dip them in salt water?" "We dip them in salt water, well that's gonna kill the vibrancy of the weed, you know." So that's what I was around. So I would imitate them. That's where it all started.

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The truth is, in this age of I...

The truth is, in this age of Instagram and Facebook and Snapchat, we know way too much about athletes - and it's their fault.

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I started writing in 1948 - ba...

I started writing in 1948 - basically.

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What passes for sports coverag...

What passes for sports coverage is terribly sycophantic.

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I love Mickey Mantle. Would I ...

I love Mickey Mantle. Would I have felt the same if I had known when I was eight years old what I know now?

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Can you imagine if Babe Ruth h...

Can you imagine if Babe Ruth had had Twitter?

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Performing was how I was able ...

Performing was how I was able to release this pain I had.

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The decision-making process wa...

The decision-making process was very difficult: is this how I want my career to start, with playing Jodie Dallas on this show?

Billy Crystal 137 quotes

It took five years to get 'Pa...

It took five years to get 'Parental Guidance' made, and it was a fight every second.

Billy Crystal 137 quotes

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