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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.

Alan King

My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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Ability Audience Comedy Identity never Say Son Story Tell
The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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Dictator Full Life Little Run Try World
For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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Always Birthday Joke Me Such Time
You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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Attack Fun Make Somebody
A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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Eat Every Holiday Jewish Kill Summer Try Won
As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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Better Father Parent
One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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Country Dinner Life One Restaurant Thing Whole
The other day my house caught fire.
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Caught Day Fire House Other
Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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Amazing Away Call Comedy Get Hard Laugh Once Turn
There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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Any Believe More Nobody Trust
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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Humor Jew Joke Objectivity Only Refer Speak Stage Unfunny
When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I’m going to have for dinner or I can’t get through the day.
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Day Decide Dinner Go Morning Through
There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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Charm Humor Rhythm Soul
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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Alongside Dictionary Milton Party Took Tremendous Vaudeville
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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Bad Good Joy Over Place Review Scream Unhappy
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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Bigotry Father First Oppression Read Talk Think Time

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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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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