I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
ALAN KINGWhen I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
More Alan King Quotes
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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Villains are a ball. People have been laughing at me for 50 years, so I love to sit in the back of the theater and listen to them hate me.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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Let’s face it: It’s difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.
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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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When I was in the hospital they gave me apple juice every morning, even after I told them I didn’t like it. I had to get even.
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It’s more fun with someone who really likes it. I can’t imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.
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Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex.
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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