You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
ALAN KINGWhen I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That’s what the trees are all about.
More Alan King Quotes
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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 didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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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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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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When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the things that my father talked about.
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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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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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I’m going to have for dinner or I can’t get through the day.
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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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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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