American - Comedian | May 8, 1926 - April 6, 2017
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!
Don Rickles
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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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I say things I get away with, and it becomes a joke.
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I've never gone to comedy clubs.
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Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.
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Bob Hope was totally regimented. I go in and say a line like, 'Hi Bob' and I'd have to do it five times, and then Bob would take me to the writers to say the line different ways. He wouldn't let me ad-lib.
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Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood.
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I enjoy mixed audiences, not one particular group. Short, tall, scientists, Jews, gentiles, whatever, as long as they breathe and like to laugh.
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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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Everything I've performed has been from my own head.
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After over 50 years of headlining, I've been received very beautifully. But I always say, when you're onstage, you can't please everybody. I'm sure there are people who may not take to what I do, but that's OK.
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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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