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" I did a picture 40 years ago with Carroll O'Connor and Telly Savalas, God rest their souls, and Clint Eastwood, called 'Kelly's Heroes,' which we filmed in Yugoslavia for six months. "

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" The average person pushes an elevator button 6 or 7 minutes before realizing it's not working. I did a study on this, you know. "

Don Rickles

Know

Elevator

Person

" So, I'm on the satellite every Sunday, no matter where we are, with the Rams. Turn on the satellite; got to watch the Rams. "

" I used to work over a bar. That was - there was no stage. I stood over a tiny bar. Louis Prima, rest his soul, he worked there. I was the guy that filled in when he was off the stage. "

" My mother was a Jewish General Patton. "

" My grandchildren just know me now as Mr. Potato Head. "

" Sinatra was somebody special. "

" You know how a fighter always comes into the dressing room way before a fight? That's me - I'm like a fighter. "

Don Rickles

Fighter

Fight

" 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. "

" When I'm onstage, I'm acting. "

Don Rickles

Acting

Onstage

" I didn't get married until I was 38. "

" I never went out looking for glory. "

" I have my own gym. When you do jokes and they sell, you get a gym. "

" 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. "

" After I graduated, I tried Broadway, which was difficult for me. It was tough to get a part on Broadway, so I just started talking to audiences at different social gatherings, and little by little I became Don Rickles - whatever that is. "

Don Rickles

Talking

Difficult

" I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one. "

" Johnny Carson was a big influence on me - all of those shows I did with him over the years, like, 100 of them, they made a bit of a name for me at the time, so that part of my life was very good. "

" Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood. "

" 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!' "

" I have a wonderful road manager, and he travels with me. And my valet and friend travels with me. My little entourage is great, and they take good care of me. "

Don Rickles

Care

Road

" Most people think the character I do onstage is the way I am offstage, but I'm just a regular guy who spends time with his family and who turns on the television and watches a lot of sports. "

" I have no idea what I'm going to say when I stand up to give a toast. But I do know that anything I say I find funny. "

" When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket. "

" Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is. "

" 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. "

" My life was in Montreal years ago. Best food in the world. "

" I don't like to compare myself with anybody. "

Don Rickles

Anybody

Myself

" Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor. "

Don Rickles

Humor

Battle

" I do situations and make fun of authority and life. "

" Diana Krall I met in, I think it was Canada. She's a lovely lady. Her husband, Elvis Costello, is a great star. "

" Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper. "