Alan King Bosting Quotes

Alan King Bosting Quotese

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

I was a high school throw-out.
— Alan King

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.
— Alan King

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

If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
— Alan King

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

My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn't let him cut my nails.
— Alan King

I don't mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
— Alan King

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

Smoked salmon is for dinner. Belly lox is for breakfast. Don't get that mixed up.
— Alan King

It's not easy being a father, but I've been allowed a comeback.
— Alan King

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.'
— 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.
— Alan King

There's nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
— Alan King

You only live once, except for Shirley MacLaine.
— Alan King

My son says I never tell stories about anyone who's living.
— Alan King

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.
— Alan King

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.
— Alan King