Don Rickles quotes - page 2

The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island. (Don Rickles)
Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich. View quote
Don Rickles
I do situations and make fun of authority and life. View quote
Don Rickles
When I got out of high school, I wanted to be an actor but was getting a lot of rejections. I was getting rejected by life. My mother, God rest her soul, told me not to quit. View quote
Don Rickles
I have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate. View quote
Don Rickles
I have my own gym. When you do jokes and they sell, you get a gym. View quote
Don Rickles
Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed. View quote
Don Rickles
The man I adored, and miss him terribly, was Johnny Carson. View quote
Don Rickles
I cannot tell a joke. But I can do a situation, that it becomes a joke. View quote
Don Rickles
Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood. View quote
Don Rickles
You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up. (Don Rickles)
I still have drive, but everything is relative. View quote
Don Rickles
I was nice to the people in the Philippines for the two and a half years I was there, because I knew even­tually I'd have to kiss up to them so my grandchildren could have toys. View quote
Don Rickles
To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it. View quote
Don Rickles
It takes many years to be a great comedian. View quote
Don Rickles
My whole act is off the top of my head. View quote
Don Rickles
Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that. View quote
Don Rickles
I was always the guy - out of insecurities, I was always making fun, even as a kid. View quote
Don Rickles
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. View quote
Don Rickles
I don't do impressions. View quote
Don Rickles
I never went out looking for glory. (Don Rickles)
Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one. View quote
Don Rickles
I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it. View quote
Don Rickles
When I'm onstage, I'm acting. View quote
Don Rickles
It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that. View quote
Don Rickles

Don Rickles

Don Rickles - Image
Photo: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Comedian
Born: May 8, 1926
Died: April 6, 2017
Quotes count: 64

Related authors

Johnny Carson - thumbnail
Johnny Carson  30 
American Comedian
Bob Newhart - thumbnail
Bob Newhart  44 
American Comedian
Wallace Shawn - thumbnail
Wallace Shawn  58 
American Actor
Tim Allen - thumbnail
Tim Allen  53 
American Actor
John Ratzenberger - thumbnail
John Ratzenberger  18 
American Actor
Dean Martin - thumbnail
Dean Martin  15 
American Singer
Jerry Seinfeld - thumbnail
Jerry Seinfeld  204 
American Comedian
David Letterman - thumbnail
David Letterman  67 
American Comedian
John Lasseter - thumbnail
John Lasseter  38 
American Director
Rodney Dangerfield - thumbnail
Rodney Dangerfield  86 
American Comedian