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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.
Don Rickles
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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
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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.
Don Rickles
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 always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is.
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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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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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When you talk about George Burns you're talking about a living legend . . . well, a legend, anyhow.
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I never went out looking for glory.
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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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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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If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny.
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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 feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun.
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You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.
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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
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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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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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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'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 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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