Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
ALAN KINGYou know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
More Alan King Quotes
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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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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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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My mother’s sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male cousins.
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When I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That’s what the trees are all about.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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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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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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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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The other day my house caught fire.
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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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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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