Al Capone's my uncle. The old days were a lot different. The Latin Casino was the big time. When I got there I figured that I was doing pretty good, because remember, I started in nothing but after hours joints. I can't even name them now, but that's how I got noticed.

Sex is great, but when you get to be my age, you've got to pace it a little bit. Otherwise you get tired.

When you're 18, you're just so busy being scared and having fun - a crazy mixture - that you never thought of dying.

So many young people think the big sex act is the whole movie, but that's not the case. You need to be able to talk and laugh and cry together.

It's just to break things up between stand-up gigs. I would only do it periodically. Maybe just an East Coast thing.

People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling.

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