Don Rickles

When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last.

I have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate.

Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?

Some people say funny things, but I say things funny.

The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.

You got to have a lot of courage. Secondly, whatever it is you're doing, you have to believe in it wholeheartedly. Thirdly, you have to be able to stand up in front of people and know that they'll laugh.

To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it.

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.

I stopped smoking. But my personality I still have. I get up in the morning, and not everybody loves me, so if you want to call that a bad habit, there's that.

Famous people are deceptive. Deep down, they're just regular people. Like Larry King. We've been friends for forty years. He's one of the few guys I know who's really famous. One minute he's talking to the president on his cell phone, and then the next minute he's saying to me, 'Do you think we ought to give the waiter another dollar?'

I like to think I'm like the guy who goes to the office Christmas party Friday night, insults some people, but still has his job Monday morning.

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.

Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that.

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

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

Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.

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

You know what's funny to me? Attitude.