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.
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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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 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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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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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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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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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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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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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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