There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
ALAN KINGModesty is not one of my virtues.
More Alan King Quotes
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My father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
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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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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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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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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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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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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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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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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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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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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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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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The ability to absorb a book and make someone else’s words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage.
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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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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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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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It’s more fun with someone who really likes it. I can’t imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.
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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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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.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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