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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The average person pushes an elevator button 6 or 7 minutes before realizing it's not working. I did a study on this, you know.
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Ninety percent of the people who come to see me are my fans.
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If something strikes me as funny, I'll put it in my performance.
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I was 28 when my father died, and I was an only child.
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I enjoy mixed audiences, not one particular group. Short, tall, scientists, Jews, gentiles, whatever, as long as they breathe and like to laugh.
I don't walk into a dinner party and say, 'You're an idiot; give me my coat.'
I don't like to compare myself with anybody.
I didn't get married until I was 38.
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Bob Newhart, who is my best friend, is one of the guys I adore.
When you first start out with something new, you're always a little uptight.
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My wife came into my life, and my mother still wanted to be the boss.
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When he did his monologues, it was always about the public and what was happening, right up before airtime, ... Hope and Humor.
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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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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.