Billy Crystal Knows How To Make People

When You're Young And You First See The Extent And Depth Of The World's Hypocrisy, It's Fun To Go After It. But By The Time You're Sixty, It's So Commonplace. What's The Point In Ridiculing People Anymore? Their Existence Itself Is A Sort Of Sick Joke.

There's Something Very Edgy About Bill Murray Out There Improvising.

As An Actor, You're Completely At The Mercy Of Other People. You Basically Go Begging For The Opportunity To Work. As A Writer, At Least Nobody Can Tell Me What To Do. I Can Write What I Want. I Might Not Sell It, But At Least I'm In Control.

I'd Rather Do Comedies That Strike At Some Bigger Ideas.

The Rule Of Thumb For A Director Or Producer - Which Prevents Them From Just Sticking Their Names On Everything - Is That You Have To Contribute Substantially More Than 50 Percent Of The Character Dialogue And Story.