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.

To this Rickles remarked "Stephen Colbert's a funny man but he's too young. W. Navy and served during World War II on the USS Cyrene as a seaman first class.

A frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Rickles has acted in comedic and dramatic roles but is best known as an insult comic.