Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
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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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’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.
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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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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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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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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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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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 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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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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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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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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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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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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