Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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.
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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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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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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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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like 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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When 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.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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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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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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I don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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