Don Rickles Quotes
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I busted my bird for 60 years in the business, but my grandkids only know me as Mr. Potato Head.
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I was a big shot in high school - big into social events and at the dramatic society - and I always had trouble in school. Not because I was a dummy, but I was always busy being the Jackson Heights clown.
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Ninety percent of the people who come to see me are my fans.
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To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.
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I ride a recumbent bike for half an hour every day.
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I don't say I was the first, because, who knows, maybe there was a guy out in Minnesota doing it before me.
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I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
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When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.
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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
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My mother was a big influence. She kept pushing me because I was very shy and inhibited. And schoolwork was very difficult for me because I couldn't concentrate. I was failing almost every subject. To this day, I'm not too good at reading a book. But I was the president of my high school comedy group, and they treated me like a king.
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I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
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I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is.
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I can get an audience screaming in Las Vegas and say, 'Barbara, that was a great show,' and she'll say, 'Would you please hurry up? We have dinner reservations at 9:30.'
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Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.
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Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich.
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Sinatra was somebody special.
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Even when I was in high school and the Navy, I was the guy who could rip somebody, and they'd laugh at it.
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Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel.
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The highlight of my career was being at the inaugural gala of Ronald Reagan, and I owe that to Mr. Sinatra.
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So, I'm on the satellite every Sunday, no matter where we are, with the Rams. Turn on the satellite; got to watch the Rams.
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I was 28 when my father died, and I was an only child.
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Many, many years ago, I stood on the stage and told bad jokes and did Sophie Tucker as an impersonation, and nobody looked up; and suddenly, I looked down and said, 'Sir, I'm getting fed up with you. Either you watch, or I'm going to suck your neck,' or words to that effect, and suddenly people started to laugh.
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At 90, I'm still working a couple of dates a month. My mind is very sharp on the stage, so why not? This may sound corny, but I do it because people - young and old - still come to see me, and they're very enthusiastic about my work. They treat me like the Godfather.
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When I was a younger guy doing comedy, it was a big struggle. Promoters canceled me out of clubs left and right when I called somebody a dummy or a yo-yo. Then they realized I was different.