But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
ALAN KINGIt’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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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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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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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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I had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
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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 keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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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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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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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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