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 Read Quote
My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn’t let him cut my nails. Alan King Read Quote
When I was a kid, I used to send away for those ventriloquist kits on the back of comic books. Alan King Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Right when I started in show… Milton Berle was my first idol. When I was a kid, I went to see Milton at Lowe’s State, and I never laughed so much, and I said, ‘That’s who I want to be; that’s what I want to be.’ Alan King Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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.’ Alan King Read Quote
