Author Profile
Billy Crystal
1947 • American • Comedian
63
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 63 quotesIt took five years to get 'Parental Guidance' made, and it was a fight every second.— Billy Crystal
Humans love sex, we need sex, it's how we connect, it reminds us we're alive, it's the third most basic human need, after food and good movie popcorn.— Billy Crystal
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.'— Billy Crystal
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
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.— Billy Crystal
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.— Billy Crystal
Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I'd always go off book and start improvising.— Billy Crystal
When I first started, there were, like... two or three critics that you thought, 'Alright, I hope I get a good review from them.' And now there's millions of them.— Billy Crystal
Your first friends are your truest friends, I find. And the ones that stick are really special.— Billy Crystal
I can't bear to think of life without Janice. I want to go first because I don't want to miss her, because that would be a pain far worse than any death.— Billy Crystal
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.— Billy Crystal