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 KINGSome would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or ‘stage’ Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
More Alan King Quotes
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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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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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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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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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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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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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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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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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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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