I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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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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Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
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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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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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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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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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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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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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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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I had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
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