Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
ALAN KINGWhen 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.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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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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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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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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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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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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My father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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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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If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
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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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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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