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
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I'm pleased to have been chosen by Coach G. and the team. I know they'll do me proud, ... If not, I'm going to invite them to leave Tucson and come to one of my Las Vegas shows, and then make them sit outside in the desert and let them watch their skates melt.
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He had a style that nobody else had, and I think when you're separate from the rest, it makes you kind of special.
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Asians are nice people, but they burn a lot of shirts.
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I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies.
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I've never gambled a dime. Never, in all my years in Vegas.
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Women were afraid of me, they were scared to death. But I always say be yourself, if you're funny then let your sense of humor go there. I mean there's no sense hiding what you feel.
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I have my own gym. When you do jokes and they sell, you get a gym.
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My whole act is off the top of my head.
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Some people say funny things, but I say things funny.
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The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
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I never went out looking for glory.
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I don't do impressions.
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I still have drive, but everything is relative.
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I don't really tell a joke, I react to situations. The whole thing is just looking at somebody and showing all our weaknesses and exaggerating them, and that's how it becomes funny.