Quotes by Don Rickles

About Don Rickles:

Donald Jay is an American stand-up comedian and actor. A frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Show with David Letterman, he has also acted in comedic and dramatic roles, but is best known as an insult comic.
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You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude.

Don Rickles

You know what's funny to me? Attitude.

Don Rickles

When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last.

Don Rickles

You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.

Don Rickles

An insult is mean or unkind. Milton Berle called me the Sultan of Insult, and I was called the King of Insult. But the guy that gave me the best title - and I use it to this day - was Johnny Carson. He called me Mr. Warmth.

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Bob Newhart, who is my best friend, is one of the guys I adore.

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My life was in Montreal years ago. Best food in the world.

Don Rickles

I don't care if the average guy on the street really knows what I'm like, as long as he knows I'm not really a mean, vicious guy. My friends and family know what I'm really like. That's what's important.

Don Rickles

Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.

Don Rickles

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

Don Rickles

Bob Hope was totally regimented. I go in and say a line like, 'Hi Bob' and I'd have to do it five times, and then Bob would take me to the writers to say the line different ways. He wouldn't let me ad-lib.

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Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that.

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Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.

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The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.

Don Rickles

Sinatra had a lot of mood swings, but he was wonderful to my wife Barbara and to me. He made no bones about who he liked and who he loved, and he had this great charisma. When he walked into a room, it stopped. I've only seen that happen with Ronald ...

Don Rickles

It takes many years to be a great comedian.

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Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich.

Don Rickles

My wife, Barbara, is great. She arranges when I do work that I have a day off between performances.

Don Rickles

My father was an insurance man and a small-time gambler. He was a good man, but he had an eye for the racehorses, and I saw how it used to bother my mother. I've never gambled a dime. Never, in all those years in Vegas.

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I have a wonderful road manager, and he travels with me. And my valet and friend travels with me. My little entourage is great, and they take good care of me.

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Author Bio

  • NameDon Rickles
  • DescriptionAmerican stand-up comedian, actor
  • BornMay 8, 1926
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Presenter
  • AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award