Billy Crystal

I'd like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life. ”

I think it's like a relay race. You run, and you hand over the baton, and your kids pick it up. They take the stuff they want, throw the rest away, and keep running. That's what life is about. ”

The death of Sid Caesar on Wednesday caused a chain reaction in my soon-to-be-66-year-old mind. I was saddened, of course, but felt a sense of relief that he was at last free from the indignity of aging. ”

I can't bear to think of life without Janice. I want to go first because I don't want to miss her, because that would be a pain far worse than any death. ”

I'm going to go on just living and laughing and loving. ”

Kids need a happy household. They need to be loved and supported in their dreams. And I don't think you can make your kids' dreams your own. They need you to support them in their dreams. ”

Mom was so funny and loving to us kids. She was our first audience. When my dad died, I was suddenly alone in the house with her because my two older brothers were away at college. I was the man of the house, and she was the grieving woman. ”

To me, little Mike Wazowski is one of the best characters I ever got to play because he was funny. He was outrageous. He got angry. He was romantic. He was a full, well-rounded character. ”

No disrespect to Sweden: I didn't think of them as the comedy universe. ”

Two things I really wanted to be: a stand-up comic or a New York Yankee - or a really funny New York Yankee. ”