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" 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. "

Don Rickles

Friends And Family

Care

Family

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People

Appreciate

" Even when I was in high school and the Navy, I was the guy who could rip somebody, and they'd laugh at it. "

" I told jokes badly. "

Don Rickles

Badly

Jokes

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

" I spent two and a half years in the Philippines in World War II. "

" Herb Solo at that time was the head of MGM. I said, 'I want to live like Clint Eastwood.' Did I know at that time Clint Eastwood, to him, Heaven was a truck, a dog, and a picnic basket for food or something? "

" The highlight of my career was being at the inaugural gala of Ronald Reagan, and I owe that to Mr. Sinatra. "

" You've got to be able to sell yourself. "

" I shouldn't make fun of the blacks: President Obama is a personal friend of mine. He was over to the house yesterday, but the mop broke. "

" Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black. "

" Everything I've performed has been from my own head. "

" I've been hot, I've been lukewarm, I've been freezing, but I've always been a headliner. "

" Among my friends, I'm not a little Boy Scout, and they love my humor, thank God. "

" Nobody ever dared with Frank, because he had such mood swings, and you never knew how he was going to react. But I could tell the minute I saw him that he was going to be in my corner. "

" 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. "

" An insult is mean or unkind. Milton Berle called me the Sultan of Insult, and I was called the King of Insult. But the guy that gave me the best title - and I use it to this day - was Johnny Carson. He called me Mr. Warmth. "

Don Rickles

Day

King

" Johnny Carson was king of the kings, in my opinion. "

" I did a few movies, but the word 'star'... I cannot compare to a star like Clint Eastwood. I used to call Clint 'Larry Dickman' when he would come to my show; then, he started using the name when he would go under cover in a 'Dirty Harry' movie. That's why he's a movie star... he's so creative. "

" Once in a while, when I'm alone, I think about my age. I think, 'How many more years do I have on this earth?' But I can't really conceive of dying. "

Don Rickles

Age

Think

" Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich. "

" You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude. "

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

" I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is. "

" Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap. "

Don Rickles

Empire

Building

" It's tough having the last name 'Rickles.' Luckily, my kids handled it great. "

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

" Now when I'm not working, I don't really hang out with the young comics. "