American - Comedian | December 26, 1927 - May 9, 2004
Modesty is not one of my virtues.
Alan King
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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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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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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As a parent, I'd - I'd be a better father.
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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.
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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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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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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 a Jewish act.'
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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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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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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who's living.
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