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.
ALAN KINGI didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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I don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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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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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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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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Let’s face it: It’s difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.
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