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You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.

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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
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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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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 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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I can sit all day in a comfortable chair and watch ball games, but I don't need a blanket.
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You've got to be able to sell yourself.
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The transformation has been unbelievable. When I started here, I worked in a place where the Sky Room was on the second floor.
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People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling.
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Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
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Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
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I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
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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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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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When I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great.
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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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When you talk about George Burns you're talking about a living legend . . . well, a legend, anyhow.
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When you do see me, you'll get the idea from when you see me that it's all off the top of my head. A lot of it is a beginning, middle and the end. But it's different every night. I have a lot of jokes in my back pocket I've said over the years.
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You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.
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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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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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