My father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
ALAN KINGWe watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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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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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn’t know fluffy. Everything sank.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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Villains are a ball. People have been laughing at me for 50 years, so I love to sit in the back of the theater and listen to them hate 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 favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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The ability to absorb a book and make someone else’s words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage.
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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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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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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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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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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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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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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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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