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
careers people done
Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper.
funny-things people
Some people say funny things, but I say things funny.
fun kids guy
I was always the guy - out of insecurities, I was always making fun, even as a kid.
guy comedian trying
To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it.
impression
I don't do impressions.
gym sells my-own
I have my own gym. When you do jokes and they sell, you get a gym.
whole
My whole act is off the top of my head.
actors wanted wells
Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
mean thinking people
People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling.
vegas years dimes
I've never gambled a dime. Never, in all my years in Vegas.
people made stage
Everything I do on stage, I made up in saloons. I started doing it in front of people, and that became my performance. I never had writers.
people appreciate legends
Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.
fun crazy dying
When you're 18, you're just so busy being scared and having fun - a crazy mixture - that you never thought of dying.
kings kids comedian
Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood.