There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
ALAN KINGWe set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
More Alan King Quotes
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One morning, I poured the apple juice into the specimen tube. The nurse held it up and said, ‘It’s a little cloudy.’ I took the tube from her and said, ‘Let me run it through again,’ and drank it. The nurse fainted.
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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My mother’s sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male cousins.
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I don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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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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Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or ‘stage’ Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
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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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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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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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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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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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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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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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Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
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