I was a high school throw-out.
ALAN KING- We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
More Alan King Quotes
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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.
ALAN KINGComedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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It’s more fun with someone who really likes it. I can’t imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.
ALAN KINGIt’s more fun with someone who really likes it. I can’t imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
ALAN KINGBut in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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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.
ALAN KINGMy father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
ALAN KINGI just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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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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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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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
ALAN KINGMy mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
ALAN KINGIf you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
ALAN KINGThe world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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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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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 KINGMilton 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 first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
ALAN KINGWhen I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
ALAN KINGI think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
ALAN KINGYou do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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