We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
ALAN KINGThe other day my house caught fire.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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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 had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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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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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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It’s more fun with someone who really likes it. I can’t imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.
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