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
kings kids comedian
Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood.
hurt fun insecurity
They always use the word 'insult' with me, but I don't hurt anybody. I wouldn't be sitting here if I did. I make fun of everybody and exaggerate all our insecurities.
energy excitement audience
You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.
book writing tired
I was sitting in the toilet and I was by myself. I was tired of playing with the roller, so I said I'd better write a book.
hunting years organization
In the 45 years I've worked in casinos, I dreamed of being honored by an organization like the American Gaming Association, especially since I don't even have a hunting license.
mean talking guy
I never could tell a joke. I just started talking to the audience, and when the drunks would yell, "Hey, when do the broads come on?" I got good at saying, "Relax. Clear your skin up first." They called me "the insult guy," but it's never mean-spirited. I'm just exaggerating everything about us and about life.
fun school personality
My style is my personality. It's always been that way. Being a wiseguy and having fun. It's always been that way for me, when I was in high school, and in the Navy. It's not something I rehearse.
acting
When I'm onstage, I'm acting.
situation i-can jokes
I cannot tell a joke. But I can do a situation, that it becomes a joke.
struggle tunnels light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel
Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel.
phones who-cares dummy
Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
shy shyness outgoing
I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
night thinking people
I'd like to think my performance is today. I never try to - it's so, as you know, watching me, I have a beginning, middle and ending. But every night the show changes and I relate to an audience and I relate to the young people.
proud my-own has-beens
I've never had a writer, and I'm proud of that. Everything I've performed has been from my own head.