一提起奧斯卡頒獎禮主持人,Billy Crystal 總是第一個浮現在我的腦海中。他是僅次於鮑勃霍普(主持14次)的奧斯卡金牌主持人(主持9次)。與其他口無遮攔的主持人相比,「水晶比利」的主持風格名如其人,語言猶如他那雙眼睛水晶般清澈乾淨。
他給奧斯卡下了這樣的評語:
長此以往,美國最大的出口,除了小麥和汽車零件,就是奧斯卡了。
Well, the way things are going, aside from
wheat and auto parts, America's biggest export is now the Oscar.
大家就盡情享受這個晚上吧!因為看著這麼多百萬富豪互贈小金人,什麼世界經濟問題都丟在九霄雲外啦!
So tonight, enjoy yourselves because
nothing can take the sting out of the world's economic problems like watching millionaires
present each other with golden statues.」
他對一名好演員的評價是這樣的:
羅伯特德尼羅演起戲來最真實。
Nobody is more truthful when he's acting
than De Niro.
「水晶比利」最著名的一句名言,一語道破男女之間的差別:
女人上床需要一個理由。男人只需要一個地方。
Women need a reason to have sex. Men just
need a place.
已經是爺爺級的他,給當爺爺奶奶的勸告是:
你的孩子怎麼培養他/她的孩子是他/她的事。輪不到你說話的地方別去瞎摻和。永遠記住,孫子輩不是你自己的孩子。可以和他們玩,寵壞他們,然後就把他們交還去。
You have to really respect what your kids
are doing with their kids and how they're raising them. You can't push your way
into areas where you shouldn't be saying anything. You have to always remember
they're not your own kids. Play with them, love them, spoil them to death -
then hand them back.
對自己漸漸老去,他做出了如此反思:
At 60, I could do the same things I could
do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.
我在60歲還能幹我在30歲時乾的事,只是我想不起來是什麼事情了!
「水晶比利」,我幫你回憶回憶:
就是再度出山主持奧斯卡頒獎禮呀!