Billy Crystal Quotes

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Billy Crystal

Profession : Comedian

Birth : March 14, 1947

I was raised mostly by my mom.

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When I was about 21 and just about to get out of college at NYU, Vietnam was raging, and I was a frustrated musician for a little bit.

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The Academy and the Oscars have been very gracious to me.

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I've worn down America.

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I pride myself in being able to survive just about any situation on stage now. I can handle pressure.

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Of course my uncle was a giant, but my dad, in particular, had the house filled with these great Dixieland jazz stars, really the best of them: Henry Red Allen, Willie 'The Lion' Smith, Buster Bailey, Cutty Cutshall, Tyree Glenn, Zutty Singleton. These are all big names in the Dixieland world.

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I've said, I never thought I rebelled. I never - I don't think I've ever had that period. You know, I just had to do what I had to do. You know, I was a good kid.

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I don't know what I would have done to rebel. I don't know what I was rebelling against.

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I don't like to watch my work after I do it because it just - I'll always look at the wrong things.

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Time scares me: having enough time to do all the things that I want to do in life, just even in terms of forgetting about the business I'm in.

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There are all these things I want to accomplish. We never know how long we're going to get.

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There used to be that you only had four or five critics that you would look to for intelligent conversation, but now there are millions of people who can just press 'send,' and everyone's got an opinion even if no one cares what they say. It makes things a little bit tougher.

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I watch old 'Truth or Consequences' on Hulu. 'Concentration.' And 'The Match Game' with Gene Rayburn.

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As far as the media goes, I'm driving in the left lane at 28 miles an hour.

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Mr. Hitchcock knew what he was doing.

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It's like being a gym rat, but you're a theater rat, and then that becomes your fraternity house. That becomes your extended family.

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

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All that time, you go, 'God, am I slipping away here?' And then something great happens, you get a call, and work begets more work.

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You don't want to wait for that aged jockey role.

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