It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
ALAN KINGMy favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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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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My 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.
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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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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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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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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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I was a high school throw-out.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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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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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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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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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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