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.
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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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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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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The other day my house caught fire.
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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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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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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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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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One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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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 won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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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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Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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