Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal
William Edward "Billy" Crystal is an American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian and television host. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes When Harry Met Sally..., City Slickers, and Analyze Thisand providing the voice of Mike Wazowski in the Monsters, Inc. franchise...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth14 March 1948
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
My grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I've already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me.
If you do something for the first time, you will always remember it. If your Dad has something to do with it, you write about it.
Dad had a music store, and he'd often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy.
You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.
I'd like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I'd always go off book and start improvising.
I can't be funny if my feet don't feel right.
It is better to look good than to feel good.
Bambi, to a kid, was scary.
I think I've far exceeded what I ever thought I could possibly do. 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.
Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America's biggest export is now the Oscar.
I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.
From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do.
The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.