I do situations and make fun of authority and life. Don Rickles More Quotes by Don Rickles More Quotes From Don Rickles When you do see me, you'll get the idea from when you see me that it's all off the top of my head. A lot of it is a beginning, middle and the end. But it's different every night. I have a lot of jokes in my back pocket I've said over the years. Don Rickles night years ideas 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. Don Rickles hunting organization years You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up. Don Rickles excitement audience energy 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. Don Rickles night people thinking I cannot tell a joke. But I can do a situation, that it becomes a joke. Don Rickles jokes situation can-do Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood. Don Rickles comedian kings kids I've never been able to tell jokes. In the beginning of my career I did impressions and jokes like any other comedian, but I was never very successful because I did it poorly. So I started to talk to the audience and started talking about the atmosphere around me and started to become angry, not in a mean-spirited way, but in a fun way - and my attitude developed from there. Don Rickles attitude fun mean We show a lot of film [with Regis Philbin] from my career which is most enjoyable. I enjoy watching it. Don Rickles enjoy film careers When someone says to me, do you do stand-up I say absolutely not. I like to think of it as a theatrical performance. With me the show changes maybe five to ten percent every night. Of course, whatever I see in front of me and sometimes I get on a little run about it and it changes the show. And my delivery is such that people who have seen me many times say Gee, I never heard that before. Actually, they have, but I might have changed it around. Don Rickles running night thinking So many young people think the big sex act is the whole movie, but that's not the case. You need to be able to talk and laugh and cry together. Don Rickles sex people thinking I don't get into politics. I know [Donald] Trump, but I don't follow that. That's just an aside for him when he has nothing else to say. He never involved me in any of that stuff. Don Rickles trump knows stuff What I do is, I make fun of people and I make fun of myself and things around us and exaggerate things. And I'm never mean-spirited. See, the word insult means some guy who's a real unkind human being. But I don't do that, because otherwise I wouldn't be headlining all these years, thank god, and all these people showing up to see me. Don Rickles real fun mean Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed. Don Rickles provocative controversial kids I don't really tell a joke per se, I build up an attitude and it becomes a joke. Don Rickles jokes attitude I don't really tell a joke, I react to situations. The whole thing is just looking at somebody and showing all our weaknesses and exaggerating them, and that's how it becomes funny. Don Rickles situation weakness whole I still think funny, and people young and old still come and see me. That's flattering. The day comes that they stop coming, then I'll know that it's time to retire to the Jewish ranch. Don Rickles young people thinking 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. Don Rickles rejection mother school The man I adored, and miss him terribly, was Johnny Carson. Don Rickles he-man missing men Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper. Don Rickles careers done people Showbiz is great if you're successful. Don Rickles successful ifs success
