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
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.
When comedy is good, it's jazz. The beats of it, the looseness, the improvisational part, the music-the way you hit the inflection, the high notes of a joke. It's all melody to me.
I'm sure you'll see more (celebrities) if we make the playoffs.
Bill don't go, it's OK, we love you.
At night, I'll notice a thigh will just start aching. And this arm, and this...
I've seen worse. . . . It just so happens that your friend here is mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead.
This guy was so large, he had his own climate.
Oh, I can't do it right now; I'm busy, I'm busy, too.
People thought this would be an award show -- but we couldn't get anybody to open up the envelopes. I've been backstage at a lot of rock concerts, and I've never seen musicians run away from white powder before!
I would even walk so it wouldn't look like we're together. Here I can hold his hand.
The reason we are together is because she puts lead in my shoes and doesn't let me fly off the earth. And it's always been that way.
My dad, Jack, had a great sense of humour and had a strong impact on me and my humour.
I never worry that I'll die in my sleep, because I'm never asleep!
In my standup work, I always do these characters, older people who are just off to the side. It's easier to write a story about the guy who made it to the top, but the middle is so much more interesting, so much more murky.