Alan King Quotes

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Alan King

Profession : Comedian

Birth : December 26, 1927

I can't stay friends with anyone who doesn't have a passion for something; and, generally speaking, artistic people, creative people carry it right into the kitchen, too. They have a zest for life; the excitement of living. All of the great eaters I've known are also men of great wit.

Alan King

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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Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn't know fluffy. Everything sank.

Alan King

I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.

Alan King

Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore's program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.

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My father helped me leave. He said, 'It's all out there, it's not here.'

Alan King

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.

Alan King

If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.

Alan King

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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My father was a dreamer - my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady's handbags, an old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: 'Don't end up like me.'

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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 wife is a very attractive woman, and she's always worried about her diet. But she doesn't pay attention to me, and I don't pay attention to her. She's a vegetarian, and it drives me crazy.

Alan King

As you get older, as you become more sensitive, feel more, it becomes harder to make jokes. You censor yourself.

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I won't eat in a place that has suits of armor.

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I was a high school throw-out.

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My 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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As a parent, I'd - I'd be a better father.

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I had a sympathetic role in 'thirtysomething,' and in two weeks I'm going to do the role again. But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It's much more fun. 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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There's nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.

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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good. I didn't know we were poor until I started giving interviews.

Alan King