The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
ALAN KINGI don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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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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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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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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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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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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