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In our day we went from - we went into saloons. We couldn't cross over like you can today, get a television series and all of a sudden you're a major movie star, you know.
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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 don't do impressions.
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I enjoy mixed audiences, not one particular group. Short, tall, scientists, Jews, gentiles, whatever, as long as they breathe and like to laugh.
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Ninety percent of the people who come to see me are my fans.
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After I graduated, I tried Broadway, which was difficult for me. It was tough to get a part on Broadway, so I just started talking to audiences at different social gatherings, and little by little I became Don Rickles - whatever that is.
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I don't practice or write stuff down - everything I do onstage was just made up before I went on.
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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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If something strikes me as funny, I'll put it in my performance.
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I don't say I was the first, because, who knows, maybe there was a guy out in Minnesota doing it before me.
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When you first start out with something new, you're always a little uptight.
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The average person pushes an elevator button 6 or 7 minutes before realizing it's not working. I did a study on this, you know.
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I've been hot, I've been lukewarm, I've been freezing, but I've always been a headliner.
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Compared to what some of the young comics use for material today, I'm a priest.
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When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.
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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
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I can get an audience screaming in Las Vegas and say, 'Barbara, that was a great show,' and she'll say, 'Would you please hurry up? We have dinner reservations at 9:30.'
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My mother was a big influence. She kept pushing me because I was very shy and inhibited. And schoolwork was very difficult for me because I couldn't concentrate. I was failing almost every subject. To this day, I'm not too good at reading a book. But I was the president of my high school comedy group, and they treated me like a king.
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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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Even when I was in high school and the Navy, I was the guy who could rip somebody, and they'd laugh at it.
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Sinatra was somebody special.
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Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.
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So, I'm on the satellite every Sunday, no matter where we are, with the Rams. Turn on the satellite; got to watch the Rams.
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At 90, I'm still working a couple of dates a month. My mind is very sharp on the stage, so why not? This may sound corny, but I do it because people - young and old - still come to see me, and they're very enthusiastic about my work. They treat me like the Godfather.
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