We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
ALAN KINGMilton 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.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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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 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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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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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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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 want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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