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

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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
Actor
Comedian
Dancer
Singer
Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
Television Presenter
Voice Actor
Queens
New York
Donald Jay Rickles
Don Jay Rickles
Donald Rickles
Donald J. Rickles
Don J. Rickles
Different
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Please
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I would describe myself as a guy that's very normal but has the tendency to rib people, but never in a mean-spirited way.
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My father when walked into a room, you could tell that everybody loved him. They really did. He was quite a man. My mother was more into the show biz atmosphere than he was.
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I don't care if the average guy on the street really knows what I'm like, as long as he knows I'm not really a mean, vicious guy. My friends and family know what I'm really like. That's what's important.
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I can sit all day in a comfortable chair and watch ball games, but I don't need a blanket.
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Regis Philbin is very successful in his own right. We have a new thing where he have chairs and we sit and talk to each other about my career and his career. It works pretty well if I do say so.
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To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it.
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I was sitting in the toilet and I was by myself. I was tired of playing with the roller, so I said I'd better write a book.
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Frank Sinatra enjoyed my humor, so I could say almost anything to him. I mean, within reason.
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Women were afraid of me, they were scared to death. But I always say be yourself, if you're funny then let your sense of humor go there. I mean there's no sense hiding what you feel.
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I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.
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I think they [Martin Scorsese, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra] liked my honesty. My personality. For that, they always treated me great. I, in turn, treated them great. No secret about it. My being who I am - that is that.
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I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
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Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper.
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It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.
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