221 Quotes by Billy Crystal

I’m married – I’ve caught my limit.

The kind of people who spoke mostly Yiddish, which is a combination of German and phlegm. This is a language of coughing and spitting; until I was eleven, I wore a raincoat.

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.

Good news, they found Nemo! The bad news is, they found him in one of Wolfgang Puck’s puff pastries.

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.

Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America’s biggest export is now the Oscar.

From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that’s what I had to do.

I think when I feel I’m at my best is when I’m on stage, and it’s my version of jazz because it’s just riffing or something.

To be good, you need to believe in what you’re doing.