I was a high school throw-out.
ALAN KINGI was a high school throw-out.
ALAN KINGI had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
ALAN KINGYou do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
ALAN KINGIf you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
ALAN KINGComedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
ALAN KINGBut in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
ALAN KINGMy mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
ALAN KINGMy father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
ALAN KINGEd Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
ALAN KINGWhen I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
ALAN KINGI’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.
ALAN KINGI always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
ALAN KINGModesty is not one of my virtues.
ALAN KINGFor me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
ALAN KINGIf you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
ALAN KINGEating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex.
ALAN KING