Don Rickles Quotes


I was always the guy who made jokes and ribbed people at parties. After I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts I got sidetracked into clubs and started doing comedy.


Citations

Rickles, Don, and David Ritz. Rickles' Book. Simon & Schuster, 2007.

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Don Rickles
Don Rickles
  • Born: May 8, 1926
  • Died: April 6, 2017
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Comedian

Donald Jay Rickles was an American actor, author, and stand-up comedian. He was known especially for his insult comedy. His film roles included Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) with Clark Gable, Carl Reiner's Enter Laughing (1967), Clint Eastwood's Kelly's Heroes (1970), and Martin Scorsese's Casino (1995) with Robert De Niro; beginning in 1976, he enjoyed a two-year run starring in the NBC television sitcom C.P.O. Sharkey and had his own sitcom called The Don Rickles Show (1972).