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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.
Don Rickles
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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
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Donald Jay Rickles
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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 think they [Martin Scorsese, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra] liked my honesty. My personality. For that, they always treated me great. I, in turn, treated them great. No secret about it. My being who I am - that is that.
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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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The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
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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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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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My whole act is off the top of my head.
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I never went out looking for glory.
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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.
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You've got to be able to sell yourself.
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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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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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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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I have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate.
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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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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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I do situations and make fun of authority and life.
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You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.
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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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