Every time I was with Sammy [Davis Jr.] it was like going to the show business museum because the stories were so extraordinary, and I didn't care if they were true or not after a while. ... I don't know if he really got high with Humphrey Bogart or not. It didn't matter because he was painting these fantastic pictures.
Billy CrystalWhat's so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you're constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.
Billy CrystalThere'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.
Billy CrystalI have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
Billy CrystalIn high school, I was the class comedian as opposed to the class clown. The difference is the class clown is the guy who drops his pants at the football game, the class comedian is the guy who talked him into it.
Billy CrystalWe were in front of a live audience and I would be acting with the man who was playing my lover, and we used those words, and the audience would titter and laugh, and make me uncomfortable doing the scenes. ... I wanted to sort of stop and yell at them, "What's so funny? What's the matter with you people? Grow up!" It made me very self-conscious at times.
Billy Crystal