Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore's program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom. Alan King More Quotes by Alan King More Quotes From Alan King 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 stagestoriesbook 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 hatefunyears 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 cousineightmother As a parent, I'd - I'd be a better father. Alan King parentfather I made it, Ma - Carnegie Hall. And I didn't have to practice. Alan King carnegiepracticemade 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 new-yearfatherkids My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating. Alan King bedsportsway Museums are good things, places to look and absorb and learn. Alan King thingsgoodlookgood-things Smoked salmon is for dinner. Belly lox is for breakfast. Don't get that mixed up. Alan King getupdinnerbreakfast When I was a kid, I used to send away for those ventriloquist kits on the back of comic books. Alan King booksbackkidcomic You only live once, except for Shirley MacLaine. Alan King exceptliveonlyyou Did you hear the one about the elderly Jew on his deathbed who sent for a priest, after declaring to his astonished relatives that 'I want to convert.' Asked why he would become a Catholic, after living all his life as a Jew, he answered: 'Better one of them should die than one of us.' Alan King diebetteryoulife
