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.
ALAN KINGComedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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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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I was a high school throw-out.
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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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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If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
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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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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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Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn’t know fluffy. Everything sank.
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Milton took vaudeville, which, if you look up ‘vaudeville’ in the dictionary, right alongside of it, it says ‘Milton Berle’ – and he made it just a tremendous party.
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Banks 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?
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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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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