When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
ALAN KINGIf 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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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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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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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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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex.
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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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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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