Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
ALAN KINGMy father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
More Alan King Quotes
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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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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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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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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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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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One morning, I poured the apple juice into the specimen tube. The nurse held it up and said, ‘It’s a little cloudy.’ I took the tube from her and said, ‘Let me run it through again,’ and drank it. The nurse fainted.
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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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One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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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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Let’s face it: It’s difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.
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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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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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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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