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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.'

~Alan King

Topics: Act Charm Doing First Him Humor Jewish Perform Pryor Rhythm Richard Richard Pryor Saw Soul You

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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.

~Alan King

Topics: Ability Absorb Book Doing Else Exactly Make Own Someone Stage Story Words Your

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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.

~Alan King

Topics: About Because Dickens Father First First Time He Jewish Oppression Read Talked Things Thought Time Wrote

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

~Alan King

Topics: About Anyone Living Never Says Son Stories Tell

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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

Topics: Being Bird Come Early Early Bird Gonna Me Mind Nobody Special Tell

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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

Topics: Amazing Away Business Calling Comedy Course First Get Hard Hooked How Laugh Learn Once Survive Then To Survive Turn You

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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

Topics: Again Back Ball Been Fun Going Had Hate Just Laughing Listen Love Me More Movies Much People Role Sit Sympathetic Theater Them Two Two Weeks Villains Weeks Years I Love

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When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I'm going to have for dinner or I can't get through the day.

~Alan King

Topics: Day Decide Dinner Get Going Morning Through Up

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One thing I've never said in my whole life is, 'Let's have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.'

~Alan King

Topics: Dinner Japanese Life Never One Thing Restaurant Said Thing Whole

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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

Topics: Balls Cook Everything Fluffy Had Hours Know Made Mother She

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: December 26th, 1927

Died: May 9th, 2004

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