Quote

You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.

Alan King

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Alan King
Age: 76 †
Born: 1927
Born: December 26
Died: 2004
Died: May 9
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Stage Actor
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Birthday
Getting
Tell
Look
Looks
Good
People

More quotes by Alan King

Image
We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator... Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or 'stage' Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
Alan King
Image
My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
Alan King
Image
I was a high school throw-out.
Alan King
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 cousins.
Alan King
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 who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: 'Don't end up like me.'
Alan King
Image
I always plan dinner first thing in the morning. That's the only way I can get through the day, having a specific meal to look forward to at night.
Alan King
Image
I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
Alan King
Image
Let's face it: It's difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.
Alan King
Image
If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books.
Alan King
Image
As a parent, I'd - I'd be a better father.
Alan King
Image
I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
Alan King
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
Image
If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
Alan King
Image
Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex, it's more fun with someone who really likes it. I can't imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.
Alan King
Image
That's the great thing about New Year's, you get to be a year older. For me, that wasn't such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time. When I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That's what the trees are all about.
Alan King
Image
Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore's program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
Alan King
Image
My son says I never tell stories about anyone who's living.
Alan King
Image
One thing I've never said in my whole life is, 'Let's have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.'
Alan King
Image
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.
Alan King
Image
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