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If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny.
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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Donald Rickles
Donald J. Rickles
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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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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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Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
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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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You've got to be able to sell yourself.
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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 don't feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun.
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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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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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My whole act is off the top of my head.
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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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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 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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Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.
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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 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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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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Once in a while, when I'm alone, I think about my age. I think, How many more years do I have on this earth? But I can't really conceive of dying. Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is.
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