And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
ALAN KINGI had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
More Alan King Quotes
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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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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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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If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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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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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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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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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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Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or ‘stage’ Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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