An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
ALAN KING
Larry 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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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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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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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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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 made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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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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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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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
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