We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
ALAN KINGMilton 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.
More Alan King Quotes
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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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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My mother’s sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male cousins.
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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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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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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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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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