We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
ALAN KINGI’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.
More Alan King Quotes
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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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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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or ‘stage’ Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
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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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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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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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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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Banks have a new image. Now you have ‘a friend,’ your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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