You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
ALAN KINGBut in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
More Alan King Quotes
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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One morning, I poured the apple juice into the specimen tube. The nurse held it up and said, ‘It’s a little cloudy.’ I took the tube from her and said, ‘Let me run it through again,’ and drank it. The nurse fainted.
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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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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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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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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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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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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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