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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.

Don Rickles

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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
Don Jay Rickles
Donald Rickles
Donald J. Rickles
Don J. Rickles
Death
Women
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Hiding
Feels
Scared
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Afraid
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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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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 I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great.
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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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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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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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The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.
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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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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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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 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 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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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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I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
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The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
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My whole act is off the top of my head.
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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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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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