But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
ALAN KINGBut in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
ALAN KINGMy son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
ALAN KINGMy brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn’t let him cut my nails.
ALAN KINGIf you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
ALAN KINGWhen I was in the hospital they gave me apple juice every morning, even after I told them I didn’t like it. I had to get even.
ALAN KINGWhen I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
ALAN KINGMy 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.
ALAN KINGThe other day my house caught fire.
ALAN KINGI always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
ALAN KINGMy father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
ALAN KINGI won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
ALAN KINGI made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
ALAN KINGEating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex.
ALAN KINGVillains 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.
ALAN KINGI’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.
ALAN KINGWe set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
ALAN KING