Editing Billy Crystal (section)

===2000–2014: Later film work and Broadway debut ===
[[File:BillyCrystalJan2013.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Crystal at the 2013 TCL Chinese Theatre]]

Crystal directed the made-for-television movie ''[[61*]]'' (2001) based on [[Roger Maris]]'s and [[Mickey Mantle]]'s race to break [[Babe Ruth]]'s single-season home run record in 1961. This earned Crystal an [[Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special. More recent performances include roles in ''[[America's Sweethearts]]'' (2001), the sequel ''[[Analyze That]]'' (2002), and ''[[Parental Guidance (film)|Parental Guidance]]'' (2012). Crystal later went on to provide the voice of Mike Wazowski in the blockbuster [[Pixar]] film ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' (2001), ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' (2006), during the [[epilogue]] in the [[end credits]], and to reprise his voice role in the prequel, ''[[Monsters University]]'' (2013). Crystal also provided the voice of [[Calcifer (Howl's Moving Castle)|Calcifer]] in the English version of [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' (2004). He won the 2005 [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]] for [[Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event|Best Special Theatrical Event]] for ''[[700 Sundays (film)|700 Sundays]]'', a two-act, [[One-person show|one-man play]], which Crystal conceived and wrote about his parents and his childhood growing up on [[Long Island]].<ref name="actors" /> Crystal toured throughout the US with the show in 2006 and then Australia in 2007. Following the initial success of the play, he wrote the book ''[[700 Sundays]]'' for [[Warner Books]], which was published on October 31, 2005. In conjunction with the book and the play that also paid tribute to his uncle Milt Gabler, Crystal produced two CD compilations: ''Billy Crystal Presents: The Milt Gabler Story'', which featured his uncle's most influential recordings from [[Billie Holiday]]'s "[[Strange Fruit]]" to "[[Rock Around the Clock]]" by [[Bill Haley & His Comets]]; and ''Billy Remembers Billie'' featuring Crystal's favorite Holiday recordings.

Crystal returned as the host for the [[84th Academy Awards|2012 Oscar ceremony]], after [[Eddie Murphy]] resigned from hosting.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/09/showbiz/oscars-murphy/index.html | publisher=CNN | title=Eddie Murphy drops out as Oscars host | date=November 9, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/10/billy-crystal-to-return-as-host-for-84th-academy-awards/110348/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112173418/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/10/billy-crystal-to-return-as-host-for-84th-academy-awards/110348/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 12, 2011|title= Billy Crystal to return as host for 84th Academy Awards|publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]].zap2it.com|access-date=April 10, 2012}}</ref> His nine times is second only to [[Bob Hope]]'s 19 in most ceremonies hosted.<ref name="keegan20190220">{{Cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/politics-oscar-inside-academys-long-hard-road-a-hostless-show-1187424 |title=The Politics of Oscar: Inside the Academy's Long, Hard Road to a Hostless Show |last=Keegan |first=Rebecca |date=February 20, 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=February 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225041612/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/politics-oscar-inside-academys-long-hard-road-a-hostless-show-1187424 |archive-date=February 25, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the [[83rd Academy Awards]] ceremony in 2011, Crystal appeared as a presenter for a digitally inserted Bob Hope and before doing so was given a standing ovation. Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] said when Crystal came onstage about two hours into the show, he got the first laughs of the broadcast.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110227/OSCARS/110229986 | work=Chicago Sun-Times | title=Oscars: "King" wins, show loses | access-date=August 24, 2021 | archive-date=March 2, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302092730/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20110227%2FOSCARS%2F110229986 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Crystal's hosting gigs have regularly included an introductory video segment in which he comedically inserts himself into scenes of that year's nominees in addition to a song following his opening monologue. In 2013, Crystal released his autobiographical memoir ''Still Foolin' Em''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/books/billy-crystal-on-his-new-book-and-his-later-years.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/books/billy-crystal-on-his-new-book-and-his-later-years.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited|title=Last Laugh? He Doesn't Need It Yet|first=Dave|last=Itzkoff|newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 5, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The audiobook version was nominated for a [[Grammy]] Award for Best Spoken Word Album at the 2014 [[Grammy]] Awards.<ref name="grammy.com" />
In the fall of 2013, Crystal brought the show, ''700 Sundays'' back to Broadway for a two-month run at the [[Imperial Theatre]]. [[HBO]] filmed the January 3–4, 2014 performances for a special, which debuted on their network on April 19, 2014, entitled ''[[700 Sundays (film)|Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-billy-crystals-hit-broadway-play-700-sundays-coming-to-hbo-20131204,0,2522146.story | title=Billy Crystal's hit Broadway play '700 Sundays' coming to HBO | work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 4, 2013 | access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/DVR-ALERT-HBO-to-Debut-BILLY-CRYSTAL-700-SUNDAYS-Today-20140418 | title=DVR Alert: HBO Debuts Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays Tonight | access-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref> The televised special received three [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nominations including [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special|Outstanding Variety Special]], and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special|Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special]].

In 2014, Crystal paid tribute to his close friend [[Robin Williams]] at the [[66th Primetime Emmy Awards]]. In his tribute, Crystal talked about their friendship, saying, "As genius as he was on stage, he was the greatest friend you could ever imagine. Supportive. Protective. Loving. It's very hard to talk about him in the past because he was so present in all of our lives. For almost 40 years, he was the brightest star in the comedy galaxy… [His] beautiful light will continue to shine on us forever. And the glow will be so bright, it'll warm your heart. It'll make your eyes glisten. And you'll think to yourselves: Robin Williams. What a concept."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/robin-williams-remembered-by-billy-crystal-in-poignant-emmy-tribute-46167/|title= Robin Williams Remembered by Billy Crystal in Poignant Emmy Tribute|website= [[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|date= August 26, 2014|access-date= June 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/26/emmys-2014-billy-crystal-pays-tribute-to-robin-williams|title= Billy Crystal pays tribute to Robin Williams at the 2014 Emmy awards|website= [[The Guardian]]|date= August 26, 2014|access-date= June 6, 2020}}</ref> Crystal stated that paying tribute to Williams so publicly and so soon after Williams had died was one of "the hardest things I've had to do" and that "I was really worried that I wasn't going to get through it."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nneIxI7fkgs| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211123/nneIxI7fkgs| archive-date=November 23, 2021 | url-status=live|title= Billy Crystal Remembers His Friend, Robin Williams|website= [[YouTube]]| date=September 19, 2014|access-date= June 6, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/billy-crystal-robin-williams-emmy-tribute-was-hardest-thing-ive-1D80148652|title= Billy Crystal: Robin Williams Emmy tribute was 'the hardest thing I've ever had to do'|website= [[NBC]]|date= September 16, 2014|access-date= June 6, 2020}}</ref> Crystal soon after appeared on ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'' where he and [[Whoopi Goldberg]] shared stories about Williams, reminiscing about their friendship, and their collaborations together on ''[[Comic Relief]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/whoopi-goldberg-billy-crystal-share-stories-robin-williams/story?id=25627058|title= Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal Share Stories About Robin Williams on 'The View'|website= [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date= June 6, 2020}}</ref>