Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or ‘stage’ Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
ALAN KINGWhen I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That’s what the trees are all about.
More Alan King Quotes
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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.
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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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The other day my house caught fire.
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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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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I was a high school throw-out.
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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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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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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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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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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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