We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
ALAN KINGA summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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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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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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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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When I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That’s what the trees are all about.
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Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn’t know fluffy. Everything sank.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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My father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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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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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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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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I don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
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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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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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