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I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
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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
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Queens
New York
Donald Jay Rickles
Don Jay Rickles
Donald Rickles
Donald J. Rickles
Don J. Rickles
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You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.
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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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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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My whole act is off the top of my head.
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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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The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
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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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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
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You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.
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I never could tell a joke. I just started talking to the audience, and when the drunks would yell, Hey, when do the broads come on? I got good at saying, Relax. Clear your skin up first. They called me the insult guy, but it's never mean-spirited. I'm just exaggerating everything about us and about life.
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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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My style is my personality. It's always been that way. Being a wiseguy and having fun. It's always been that way for me, when I was in high school, and in the Navy. It's not something I rehearse.
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You've got to be able to sell yourself.
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Hell, do I remember the first joke? I was never a jokester.
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I was nice to the people in the Philippines for the two and a half years I was there, because I knew evenÂtually I'd have to kiss up to them so my grandchildren could have toys.
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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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I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it.
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Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.
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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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