You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
ALAN KINGI think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
More Alan King Quotes
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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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 always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the things that my father talked about.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I’m going to have for dinner or I can’t get through the day.
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Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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My mother’s sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male cousins.
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