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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.
Don Rickles
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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
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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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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'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 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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Hell, do I remember the first joke? I was never a jokester.
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You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.
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People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling.
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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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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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I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
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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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If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny.
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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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Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.
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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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The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.
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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 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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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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Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
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