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Frank Sinatra enjoyed my humor, so I could say almost anything to him. I mean, within reason.
Don Rickles
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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
Actor
Comedian
Dancer
Singer
Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
Television Presenter
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Queens
New York
Donald Jay Rickles
Don Jay Rickles
Donald Rickles
Donald J. Rickles
Don J. 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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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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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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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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You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.
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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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I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
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I never went out looking for glory.
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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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You've got to be able to sell yourself.
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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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You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.
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I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it.
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