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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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Donald Jay Rickles
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Donald Rickles
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I never went out looking for glory.
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An insult comic is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings.
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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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Frank Sinatra enjoyed my humor, so I could say almost anything to him. I mean, within reason.
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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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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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You've got to be able to sell yourself.
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Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.
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Regis Philbin is very successful in his own right. We have a new thing where he have chairs and we sit and talk to each other about my career and his career. It works pretty well if I do say so.
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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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The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.
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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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When I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great.
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I do situations and make fun of authority and life.
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When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last.
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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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The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
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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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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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