“You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor ...” — Don Rickles Quote

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

You've got to be able to sell yourself.

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

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

I was a big shot in high school - big into social events and at the dramatic society - and I always had trouble in school. Not because I was a dummy, but I was always busy being the Jackson Heights clown.

My never-say-never attitude has helped me a lot. That's why after a short period after the accident, I'm capable of doing almost everything on my own.

Theo van Doesburg wanted to teach in the Bauhaus in 1922. I refused, however, to appoint him since I considered him to be too aggressive and too rigidly theoretical: he would have wrought havoc in the Bauhaus through his fanatic attitude, which ran counter to my own broader approach.

Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone.

I want to look my best for God. So many people have the attitude that if you're a Christian you've got to dress bad, wear an old color, not do anything to your hair, have nothing. It's no wonder that Christianity is not very attractive. I mean, how many people do you know in a Western culture that's going to go, 'Yeah, give me some of that?'