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Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap.
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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
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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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Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
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I do situations and make fun of authority and life.
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I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is.
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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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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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Frank Sinatra enjoyed my humor, so I could say almost anything to him. I mean, within reason.
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I never went out looking for glory.
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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 you talk about George Burns you're talking about a living legend . . . well, a legend, anyhow.
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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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My whole act is off the top of my head.
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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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You've got to be able to sell yourself.
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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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Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.
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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
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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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Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
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I've never walked off stage and said, I shouldn't have done that. Because when you do what I do, you're like a fighter. You throw the right hand and say, That's what got me to this dance. You can't have doubt. If you have doubt, there's no show.
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