We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
ALAN KINGThere’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
More Alan King Quotes
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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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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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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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 want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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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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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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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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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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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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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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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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