I don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
ALAN KINGWhen 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.
More Alan King Quotes
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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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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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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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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 had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
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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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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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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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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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I’m only… I’m only unhappy when the reviews are bad, but give me a good review and I’m a… I’m just screaming all over the place with joy.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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