The ability to absorb a book and make someone else’s words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage.
ALAN KINGI always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
More Alan King Quotes
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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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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Banks have a new image. Now you have ‘a friend,’ your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?
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The other day my house caught fire.
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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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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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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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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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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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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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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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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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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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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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