Author : Don Rickles

To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always been fantastic. – Don Rickles

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. – Don Rickles

When I got out of high school, I wanted to be an actor but was getting a lot of rejections. I was getting rejected by life. My mother, God rest her soul, told me not to quit. – Don Rickles