When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
ALAN KINGThe world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
More Alan King Quotes
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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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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When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the things that my father talked about.
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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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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I had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
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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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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like 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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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 made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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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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Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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