Modesty is not one of my virtues.
ALAN KINGI was a high school throw-out.
More Alan King Quotes
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My lawyer said, “Shouldn’t be a problem. What kind of coverage do you have?” I said, “Fire and theft.” The lawyer frowned. “Uh oh. Wrong kind. Should be fire OR theft.”
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
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I’m only… I’m only unhappy when the reviews are bad, but give me a good review and I’m a… I’m just screaming all over the place with joy.
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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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The other day my house caught fire.
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The ability to absorb a book and make someone else’s words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage.
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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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