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.

“He was a graduate student at the time, just doing his first movie, called ‘Who’s That Knocking at My Door.’ And it was 1968, 1969, 1970,” Crystal remarked on the podcast.

Crystal went on to describe Scorsese’s looks: “[He] had a big beard and granny glasses and hair down to his shoulders. He looked like everybody.

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