Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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.
More Alan King Quotes
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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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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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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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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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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 get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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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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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or ‘stage’ Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
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My lawyer said, “Shouldn’t be a problem. What kind of coverage do you have?” I said, “Fire and theft.” The lawyer frowned. “Uh oh. Wrong kind. Should be fire OR theft.”
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