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.
ALAN KINGMarriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
More Alan King Quotes
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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I had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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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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The ability to absorb a book and make someone else’s words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage.
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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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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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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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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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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’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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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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