I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
ALAN KINGIf you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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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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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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One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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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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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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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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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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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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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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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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