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… — 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 tell jokes, really. I just exaggerate life, and it comes out funny. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Now when I'm not working, I don't really hang out with the young comics. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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