For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
ALAN KINGI think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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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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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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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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Let’s face it: It’s difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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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’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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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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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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My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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