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
night thinking people
I'd like to think my performance is today. I never try to - it's so, as you know, watching me, I have a beginning, middle and ending. But every night the show changes and I relate to an audience and I relate to the young people.
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 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.
dog couple car
I have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate.
talking legends wells
When you talk about George Burns you're talking about a living legend . . . well, a legend, anyhow.
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.
people singing opera
Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.
mistake years accountants
I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies.
sweet nice people
It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.
music kissing mind
When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.
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.
lasts different stand-alone
When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last.
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?