The ability to absorb a book and make someone else’s words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage.
ALAN KINGAnd humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
More Alan King Quotes
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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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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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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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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex.
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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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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 a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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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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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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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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