We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
ALAN KINGMy mother’s sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male cousins.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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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 won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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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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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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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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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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My father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
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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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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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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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