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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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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
Donald Jay Rickles
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Donald J. Rickles
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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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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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When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last.
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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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I never went out looking for glory.
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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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You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.
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Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
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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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Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.
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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 don't feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun.
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When I got out of high school, I wanted to be an actor but was getting a lot of rejections. I was getting rejected by life. My mother, God rest her soul, told me not to quit.
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Everything I do on stage, I made up in saloons. I started doing it in front of people, and that became my performance. I never had writers.
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Hell, do I remember the first joke? I was never a jokester.
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If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny.
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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 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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The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
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To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it.
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