Billy Crystal Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• For almost 40 years, he was the brightest star in the comedy galaxy... Their beautiful light will continue to shine on us forever. And the glow will be so bright, it'll warm your heart, it'll make your eyes glisten, and it'll make you think to yourselves: Robin Williams, what a concept.

  Billy Crystal

  Beautiful, Stars, Eye

  Billy Crystal’s Tribute to Robin Williams, www.vulture.com. August 25, 2014.

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

  Billy Crystal

  Believe, Needs, Comedy

• That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul.

  Billy Crystal

  Soul, Comedy, Jazz

• Gentlemen, start your egos!

  Billy Crystal

  Ego, Gentleman, Comedy

  "Sunday Night" with Rahni Sadler, au.news.yahoo.com. April 25, 2016.

• 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.

  Billy Crystal

  Art, Way, Comedy

• Bambi, to a kid, was scary.

  Billy Crystal

  Kids, Scary, Comedy

  "Billy Crystal for 'Monsters Inc.'". Interview with Paul Fischer, www.darkhorizons.com. November 1, 2001.

• 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.

  Billy Crystal

  Thinking, Comedy, Jazz

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

  Billy Crystal

  Ghouls, Sids, Saws

• I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.

  Billy Crystal

  Black, Comedy, Being Old

• Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro.

  Billy Crystal

  Acting, Comedy, Truthful

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

  Billy Crystal

  Funny, Humorous, America

• My granddaughter's birth has made me want to create things she will love.

  Billy Crystal

  Granddaughter, Want, Comedy

• 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.

  Billy Crystal

  Dad, Home, Style

  "Billy Crystal: My family values" by Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2013.

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