Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Johnny Carson was a big influence on me - all of those shows I did with him over the years, like, 100… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Being in the Navy, when I came home, it changed your whole life. You're 18, you go away for two and a… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
When I got out of high school, I wanted to be an actor but was getting a lot of rejections. I was… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I exaggerate all our selves, our beings. I make fun of everything: of our life and what we are. But I don't… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
An 'insult comic' is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
That I walk around calling people 'dummy' and 'hockey puck'. I do have a different life apart from being sarcastic on stage.… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I don't drink much anymore, but when I traveled with Frank Sinatra, God rest his soul, I used to drink like I could do… — Don Rickles Copy Share
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… — Don Rickles Copy Share
I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it. — Don Rickles Copy Share
To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it. — Don Rickles Copy Share
Famous people are deceptive. Deep down, they're just regular people. Like Larry King. We've been friends for forty years. He's one of the few… — Don Rickles Copy Share
To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always… — Don Rickles Copy Share
In our day we went from - we went into saloons. We couldn't cross over like you can today, get a television series and… — Don Rickles Copy Share
I don't get into politics. I know [Donald] Trump, but I don't follow that. That's just an aside for him when he has nothing… — Don Rickles Copy Share
I was always the guy who made jokes and ribbed people at parties. After I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts I… — Don Rickles Copy Share
When I walk down the street in New York, I swear to God, the building constructor, the guy pounding cement and what not, will… — Don Rickles Copy Share
