When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the things that my father talked about.
ALAN KINGModesty is not one of my virtues.
More Alan King Quotes
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If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
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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.
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Milton took vaudeville, which, if you look up ‘vaudeville’ in the dictionary, right alongside of it, it says ‘Milton Berle’ – and he made it just a tremendous party.
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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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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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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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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 favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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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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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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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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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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