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
people done film
I'm always watching films. The Academy pretty much sends me every film that's ever been done. I enjoy watching them, especially with the people I know.
attitude jokes
I don't really tell a joke per se, I build up an attitude and it becomes a joke.
fun attitude mean
I've never been able to tell jokes. In the beginning of my career I did impressions and jokes like any other comedian, but I was never very successful because I did it poorly. So I started to talk to the audience and started talking about the atmosphere around me and started to become angry, not in a mean-spirited way, but in a fun way - and my attitude developed from there.
conservative my-family surroundings
I grew up in an Orthodox family, as I grew older, I became Conservative and that's how it ended up. But I've developed that Jewish feel to my act from my surroundings and my family.
great-day old-days
The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
sex thinking laughing
So many young people think the big sex act is the whole movie, but that's not the case. You need to be able to talk and laugh and cry together.
kids controversial provocative
Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.
hands doubt done
I've never walked off stage and said, I shouldn't have done that. Because when you do what I do, you're like a fighter. You throw the right hand and say, That's what got me to this dance. You can't have doubt. If you have doubt, there's no show.
fun hard-times giving
I don't feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun.
trying bars empires
Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap.
success thinking think-positive
Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.
mean people insult
If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny.
attitude humor personality
You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude.
clubs want pay
Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich.