I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
ALAN KINGVillains 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.
More Alan King Quotes
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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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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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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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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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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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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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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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 father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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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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Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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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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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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