I met your son...he's a wonderful young kid. And he was smiling because he knows one day he's going to come into a lot of money.
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Don Rickles
Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and author. He became well known as an insult comic. His prominent film roles included Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) with Clark Gable and Kelly's Heroes (1970) with Clint Eastwood, and beginning in 1976 he enjoyed a two-year run starring in the NBC television sitcom C.P.O. Sharkey. He received widespread exposure as a popular guest on numerous talk and variety shows, including The Dean Martin Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Show with David Letterman, and later voiced Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Story franchise. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for the 2007 documentary Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project. 2Early life Donald Jay Rickles was born to Jewish parents in Queens, New York, on May 8, 1926. His father Max Rickles emigrated in 1903 with his Lithuanian parents from Kaunas (then in the Russian Empire), and his mother, Etta (née Feldman), was born in New York City to Austrian immigrant parents. Rickles grew up in Jackson Heights, New Yor
Oh, there's the black guy from 'The Unit'... now he works for Allstate.
It's sweet of you, Dave — I know your busy schedule of going to the bank and trying to figure out what the hell you do.
Those were the days, when albums were big. And now that's over with, and I'm on this.
Bob, I'm so happy for you, but do us a favor: Get off the air. How long [are you going to do this]? The soldiers, the Navy, they're getting tired. Every time there's a war, you're right there. In Iran, they're fed up, they're fighting and you go, 'I wanna tell you...' with your golf club. It's over.…
But why am I here tonight, Jerry? Because you could get hot again.
You were all marvelous, really you were. I [could spend] all night saying how great you were...except De Niro was weak.
Hollywood has changed. It's not glamorous like the old days. Last time my wife and I went down there to go to the movies, we got car-jacked by a guy with a .357 Magnum.
Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that.
I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies.
Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich.
I can sit all day in a comfortable chair and watch ball games, but I don't need a blanket.
I've never walked off stage and said, I shouldn't have done that. Because when you do what I do, you're like a fighter. You throw the right hand and say, That's what got me to this dance. You can't have doubt. If you have doubt, there's no show.
It's tough having the last name Rickles. Luckily, my kids handled it great.
Asians are nice people, but they burn a lot of shirts.
Showbiz is great if you're successful.
I don't care if the average guy on the street really knows what I'm like, as long as he knows I'm not really a mean, vicious guy. My friends and family know what I'm really like. That's what's important.
I don't feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun. I've met every president since Gerald Ford. When you go in the reception line and they announce your name, they all look at me the same way. They all go, Oh, nooooooo! You can see it in their eyes.…
I don't have regrets. I've never sat here and thought, Gee, if only I'd done The Man Who Came to Dinner on Broadway, I would have been happier.