When I was in the hospital they gave me apple juice every morning, even after I told them I didn’t like it. I had to get even.
ALAN KINGLarry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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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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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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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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Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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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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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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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 just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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My lawyer said, “Shouldn’t be a problem. What kind of coverage do you have?” I said, “Fire and theft.” The lawyer frowned. “Uh oh. Wrong kind. Should be fire OR theft.”
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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