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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.
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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Donald J. Rickles
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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 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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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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Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.
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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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Hell, do I remember the first joke? I was never a jokester.
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I do situations and make fun of authority and life.
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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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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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You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.
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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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I can sit all day in a comfortable chair and watch ball games, but I don't need a blanket.
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Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.
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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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Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
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The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
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Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
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The transformation has been unbelievable. When I started here, I worked in a place where the Sky Room was on the second floor.
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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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