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William Edward 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 This and providing the voice of Mike Wazowski in the Monsters, Inc. franchise.

He has hosted the Academy Awards 9 times, beginning in 1990 and most recently in 2012.

✵ 14. March 1948
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Famous Billy Crystal Quotes

“You are a charmer. You are the Jewish Cary Grant.”

Billy Crystal

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“When I've gotten criticism, it's that it's too long, too soft, didn't hit the government hard enough. Then when I do hit the government, they go, "What's he doing hitting the government?"”

Billy Crystal

Interview with Oprah Winfrey

“I fell in love with the right person, a person I know and who knows me.”

Billy Crystal

Of his wife
Interview with Oprah Winfrey

“How do you find what's going to make everybody have this strange reaction in their bodies, this response that's sort of chemical and physical all at once—this noise and emotion that changes how you sit? A laugh is a weird sound, and when you get a couple thousand people making it at once, it's really strange. But when I can feel proud of myself for causing it, it's great.”

Billy Crystal

Interview with Oprah Winfrey

“I did Bill Cosby's "Noah." Just took the routine from him, word for word, and didn't even think it was stealing. Years later my friends started calling me up saying, "There's this guy, Bill Cosby, who's doing your stuff!"”

Billy Crystal

Interview with Oprah Winfrey

“Oprah: Is there a muscle you use for performing?
Billy: Yes — my brain.”

Billy Crystal

Interview with Oprah Winfrey

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