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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
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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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Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
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In the 45 years I've worked in casinos, I dreamed of being honored by an organization like the American Gaming Association, especially since I don't even have a hunting license.
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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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Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny.
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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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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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The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
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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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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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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
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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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