Don Rickles Quotes
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To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always been fantastic.
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It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.
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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.
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I like to think I'm like the guy who goes to the office Christmas party Friday night, insults some people, but still has his job Monday morning.
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I did a few movies, but the word 'star'... I cannot compare to a star like Clint Eastwood. I used to call Clint 'Larry Dickman' when he would come to my show; then, he started using the name when he would go under cover in a 'Dirty Harry' movie. That's why he's a movie star... he's so creative.
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Why should I retire? I'm like a fighter. The bell rings, and you come out and fight.
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My wife, Barbara, is great. She arranges when I do work that I have a day off between performances.
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I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.
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I'm a New Yorker, originally. I was raised in Jackson Heights. I went to P.S. 148 and then Newtown High School. If World War II didn't come, I'd still be there in school. World War II saved me.
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I've never had a written script.
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Every night when I go out on stage, there's always one nagging fear in the back of my mind. I'm always afraid that somewhere out there, there is one person in the audience that I'm not going to offend!
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My mother was a Jewish General Patton.
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Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?
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It's tough having the last name 'Rickles.' Luckily, my kids handled it great.
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Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper.
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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.
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When I walk down the street in New York, I swear to God, the building constructor, the guy pounding cement and what not, will yell, 'Hey, you hockey puck!'
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Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is.
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Don't call me 'sir; 'King Jew' will do fine.
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I never went out looking for glory.
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Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap.
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Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.
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To this day, if you gave me $1,000, I really can't stand up - You can tell a joke. You're a good storyteller and a good joke teller.
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Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that.