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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.

Don Rickles

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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
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My whole act is off the top of my head.
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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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Who am I to judge is what I say. I'm 90 years old, for crying out loud, and I don't sit in any chariot.
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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 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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Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.
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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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It's just to break things up between stand-up gigs. I would only do it periodically. Maybe just an East Coast thing.
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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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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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Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.
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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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Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
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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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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 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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I can sit all day in a comfortable chair and watch ball games, but I don't need a blanket.
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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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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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Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.
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