Don Rickles Quotes
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I busted my bird for 60 years in the business, but my grandkids only know me as Mr. Potato Head.
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When I was a younger guy doing comedy, it was a big struggle. Promoters canceled me out of clubs left and right when I called somebody a dummy or a yo-yo. Then they realized I was different.
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No matter where you go in this world, you will always find a Jew sitting in the beach chair next to you.
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Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich.
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Funny is funny.
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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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Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel.
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I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
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Sometimes, I knew generally what I was going to do, but I've never written anything down. Call it a sixth sense: the lines just come.
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I ride a recumbent bike for half an hour every day.
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I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
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I was a big shot in high school - big into social events and at the dramatic society - and I always had trouble in school. Not because I was a dummy, but I was always busy being the Jackson Heights clown.
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My father was an insurance man and a small-time gambler. He was a good man, but he had an eye for the racehorses, and I saw how it used to bother my mother. I've never gambled a dime. Never, in all those years in Vegas.
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Bob Newhart, who is my best friend, is one of the guys I adore.
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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 have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate.
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Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.
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I was 28 when my father died, and I was an only child.
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I was always the guy who made jokes and ribbed people at parties. After I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts I got sidetracked into clubs and started doing comedy.
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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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Ninety percent of the people who come to see me are my fans.
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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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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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What keeps me going is that young people still want to see me.