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.
ALAN KINGMy brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn’t let him cut my nails.
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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 son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I’m going to have for dinner or I can’t get through the day.
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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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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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My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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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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Villains are a ball. People have been laughing at me for 50 years, so I love to sit in the back of the theater and listen to them hate me.
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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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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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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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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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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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