"Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny."
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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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"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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"I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify."
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"You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet."
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"There's nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust."
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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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"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."
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"If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny."
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"I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going."
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"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."
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"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."
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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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"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."
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"My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating."
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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."
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"As a parent, I'd - I'd be a better father."
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"Modesty is not one of my virtues."
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"My son says I never tell stories about anyone who's living."
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