Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
ALAN KINGLarry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
ALAN KINGMarriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
ALAN KINGAs a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
ALAN KINGThen, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
ALAN KINGWe watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
ALAN KINGEd Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
ALAN KINGI think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
ALAN KINGYou know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
ALAN KINGI don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
ALAN KINGComedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
ALAN KINGModesty is not one of my virtues.
ALAN KINGThere’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
ALAN KINGMy mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
ALAN KINGBanks have a new image. Now you have ‘a friend,’ your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?
ALAN KINGWhen I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
ALAN KINGWhen 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.
ALAN KING