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

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Billy Crystal
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 14
Actor
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New York City
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William Edward Crystal
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There's only, I think, in life, three things that I do pretty well: Performing, I still can field ground balls, and I make nice kids.
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Did you ever reach a point in your life, where you say to yourself, 'This is the best I'm ever going to look, the best I'm ever going to feel, the best I'm ever going to do,' and it ain't that great?
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I had a dream that Connie Chung is doing a newscast about my death and they show a clip from Soap.
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Two thousand years ago Jesus is crucified, three days later he walks out of a cave and they celebrate with chocolate bunnies and marshmallow Peeps and beautifully decorated eggs. I guess these were things Jesus loved as a child.
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I always came away thinking I'd like to see her more, you know? And then when [Parental Guidance] was ready to be cast, we thought - Bette [Midler]. So we called her.
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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.
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Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I'd always go off book and start improvising.
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Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.
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I'd like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
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Despite what The Wall Street Journal says, our awards are the best-kept secret in America, with the possible exception of what George W. Bush did in the '70s.
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Change is such hard work.
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I'm going to go on just living and laughing and loving.
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Nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.
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Great news! Hosting Oscars counts five hours toward my community service!
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I used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
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My granddaughter's birth has made me want to create things she will love.
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I always was a performer, from the time I was little. It was always a natural place for me to be.
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The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
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