My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
ALAN KINGI was a high school throw-out.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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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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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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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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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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My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn’t let him cut my nails.
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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 first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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I’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.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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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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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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