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I never went out looking for glory.
Don Rickles
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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
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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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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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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 always enjoy being full of fun, but I have my serious moments. Some women go for the studious kind of guy, I certainly was not that. If a girl is looking for somebody different and maybe a little more exciting for themselves - someone more on the fun side, I would suggest that they look for a type like Don Rickles.
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Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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It's just to break things up between stand-up gigs. I would only do it periodically. Maybe just an East Coast thing.
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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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Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
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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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You've got to be able to sell yourself.
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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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I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
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They always use the word 'insult' with me, but I don't hurt anybody. I wouldn't be sitting here if I did. I make fun of everybody and exaggerate all our insecurities.
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