Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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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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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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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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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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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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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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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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One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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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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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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