I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
ALAN KINGFor me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
More Alan King Quotes
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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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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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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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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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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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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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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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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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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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