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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
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Queens
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Donald Jay 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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Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.
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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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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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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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Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.
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My style is my personality. It's always been that way. Being a wiseguy and having fun. It's always been that way for me, when I was in high school, and in the Navy. It's not something I rehearse.
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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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The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.
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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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It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.
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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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Hell, do I remember the first joke? I was never a jokester.
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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 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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