Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it's hard to turn away. Then, of course, you're hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business. — Alan King Copy Share Image
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… — Alan King Copy Share Image
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… — Alan King Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I learned to cook in self-defense. My wife doesn't know what a kitchen is. In the first month of our marriage, she broiled lamb… — Alan King Copy Share Image
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… — Alan King Copy Share Image
My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn't let him cut my nails. — Alan King Copy Share Image
And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them. — Alan King Copy Share Image
You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet. — Alan King Copy Share Image
There's a charm, there's a rhythm, there's a soul to Jewish humor. When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, 'You're doing… — Alan King Copy Share Image
Age, style, where you come from, where you were born, it's different every time, which, to me, is refreshing because it says that there… — Alan King Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
