There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
ALAN KINGComedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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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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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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The other day my house caught fire.
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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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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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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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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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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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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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