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Billy Crystal Says Martin Scorsese ‘Was So Intense’ When He Taught Him at NYU: ‘He Would Be Very Scary’

Billy Crystal is thinking back on his formative years in Martin Scorsese’s classroom.

On the Dec. 15 episode of the “ Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist ” podcast, Crystal talked about his time being taught by Scorsese at New York University. Crystal went on to describe Scorsese’s looks: “[He] had a big beard and granny glasses and hair down to his shoulders. He’d stand behind you while you were editing your film and he would be very scary, because he would look and he was so intense and he would speak very quickly — even then — he spoke quicker then because he was, you know, 50 years younger.”

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