Occupation: Actor Birth: December 26, 1927 Death: May 9, 2004
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..
I made it, Ma - Carnegie Hall. And I didn't have to practice..
If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something..
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 ….
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….
Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We watch soci….
I was a high school throw-out..
Modesty is not one of my virtues..
If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books..
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 t….
The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life..
I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going..
I won't eat in a place that has suits of armor..
As life's pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs. Now that's better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced..
We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator... Some would say certain of these refer to the stereot….
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..
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 surv….
I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify..
A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat!.
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.'.
You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet..