One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
ALAN KINGThen, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
More Alan King Quotes
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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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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My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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Banks have a new image. Now you have ‘a friend,’ your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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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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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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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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My lawyer said, “Shouldn’t be a problem. What kind of coverage do you have?” I said, “Fire and theft.” The lawyer frowned. “Uh oh. Wrong kind. Should be fire OR theft.”
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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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The other day my house caught fire.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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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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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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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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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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