My father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
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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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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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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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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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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I had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
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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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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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My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn’t let him cut my nails.
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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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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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Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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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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