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I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
Don Rickles
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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
Actor
Comedian
Dancer
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Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
Television Presenter
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Queens
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Donald Jay Rickles
Don Jay Rickles
Donald Rickles
Donald J. Rickles
Don J. Rickles
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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
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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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Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.
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An insult comic is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings.
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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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Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
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To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.
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In the old days, that was my ad-lib for hecklers in the joints I worked. It stuck with me. I hardly say it now, say, to fans, even though people do send me hockey pucks.
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Who am I to judge is what I say. I'm 90 years old, for crying out loud, and I don't sit in any chariot.
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Everything I do on stage, I made up in saloons. I started doing it in front of people, and that became my performance. I never had writers.
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Once in a while, when I'm alone, I think about my age. I think, How many more years do I have on this earth? But I can't really conceive of dying. Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is.
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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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When I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great.
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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 have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate.
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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 feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun.
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My whole act is off the top of my head.
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You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.
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I've never had guys sit me down and say this is what you've got to do. It's my personality that makes me one of a kind, and I believe that.
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