And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
ALAN KINGI always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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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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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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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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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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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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If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
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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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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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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 father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
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It’s more fun with someone who really likes it. I can’t imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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