Don Rickles
Don Rickles
Donald Jay "Don" Ricklesis an American stand-up comedian and actor. Best known as an insult comic, he is also an actor, playing both comedic and dramatic roles on film. He received widespread exposure as a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Show with David Letterman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth8 May 1926
CityQueens, NY
CountryUnited States of America
nice people nice-people
Asians are nice people, but they burn a lot of shirts.
golf player games
I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.
sweet nice people
It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.
talking legends wells
When you talk about George Burns you're talking about a living legend . . . well, a legend, anyhow.
people singing opera
Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.
hard-times giving people
I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is.
kings thinking phones
Famous people are deceptive. Deep down, they're just regular people. Like Larry King. We've been friends for forty years. He's one of the few guys I know who's really famous. One minute he's talking to the president on his cell phone, and then the next minute he's saying to me, Do you think we ought to give the waiter another dollar?
mean talking guy
I never could tell a joke. I just started talking to the audience, and when the drunks would yell, "Hey, when do the broads come on?" I got good at saying, "Relax. Clear your skin up first." They called me "the insult guy," but it's never mean-spirited. I'm just exaggerating everything about us and about life.
fun people titles
An insult comic is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings.
light midnight goes-on
I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it.
mistake years accountants
I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies.
proud my-own has-beens
I've never had a writer, and I'm proud of that. Everything I've performed has been from my own head.
fun school personality
My style is my personality. It's always been that way. Being a wiseguy and having fun. It's always been that way for me, when I was in high school, and in the Navy. It's not something I rehearse.
acting
When I'm onstage, I'm acting.