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Hell, do I remember the first joke? I was never a jokester.
Don Rickles
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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
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Queens
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Donald Jay Rickles
Don Jay Rickles
Donald Rickles
Donald J. Rickles
Don J. Rickles
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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'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 never went out looking for glory.
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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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My whole act is off the top of my head.
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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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Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
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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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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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Frank Sinatra enjoyed my humor, so I could say almost anything to him. I mean, within reason.
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The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
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When you do see me, you'll get the idea from when you see me that it's all off the top of my head. A lot of it is a beginning, middle and the end. But it's different every night. I have a lot of jokes in my back pocket I've said over the years.
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I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.
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Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.
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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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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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I do situations and make fun of authority and life.
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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
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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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