Donald Jay Rickles Quotes

You throw your best punch, otherwise don’t do it.

You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.

You know what’s funny to me? Attitude.

Who picks your clothes – Stevie Wonder?

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

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

When I’m onstage, I’m acting.

Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.

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.

They always use the word ‘insult’ with me, but I don’t hurt anybody. I wouldn’t be sitting here if I did. I make fun of everybody and exaggerate all our insecurities.

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

Struggling is hard because you never know what’s at the end of the tunnel.

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

Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.

Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.

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

My whole act is off the top of my head.

It takes many years to be a great comedian.