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I'd like to think my performance is today. I never try to - it's so, as you know, watching me, I have a beginning, middle and ending. But every night the show changes and I relate to an audience and I relate to the young people.
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Girls were scared of me because I can be loud. Barbara, my wife of 51 years, is very low-key. She was my picture agent's secretary.
Don Rickles
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To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always been fantastic.
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I've never had a written script.
Don Rickles -
Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap.
Don Rickles -
My wife, Barbara, is great. She arranges when I do work that I have a day off between performances.
Don Rickles -
I never went out looking for glory.
Don Rickles -
Don't call me 'sir; 'King Jew' will do fine.
Don Rickles
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Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.
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Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?
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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.
Don Rickles -
When I walk down the street in New York, I swear to God, the building constructor, the guy pounding cement and what not, will yell, 'Hey, you hockey puck!'
Don Rickles -
An insult is mean or unkind. Milton Berle called me the Sultan of Insult, and I was called the King of Insult. But the guy that gave me the best title - and I use it to this day - was Johnny Carson. He called me Mr. Warmth.
Don Rickles -
In the 45 years I've worked in casinos, I dreamed of being honored by an organization like the American Gaming Association, especially since I don't even have a hunting license.
Don Rickles
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Why should I retire? I'm like a fighter. The bell rings, and you come out and fight.
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The girls, like, in we'll say Hooters, have less clothing than the girls I worked with in those days. We thought it was wild when they just wore little bells and so forth. But today, in restaurants, some of the waitresses almost work in the nude, you know, to get business.
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My mother was a Jewish General Patton.
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I did a few movies, but the word 'star'... I cannot compare to a star like Clint Eastwood. I used to call Clint 'Larry Dickman' when he would come to my show; then, he started using the name when he would go under cover in a 'Dirty Harry' movie. That's why he's a movie star... he's so creative.
Don Rickles -
I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.
Don Rickles -
You got to have a lot of courage. Secondly, whatever it is you're doing, you have to believe in it wholeheartedly. Thirdly, you have to be able to stand up in front of people and know that they'll laugh.
Don Rickles
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I've never gone to comedy clubs.
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Herb Solo at that time was the head of MGM. I said, 'I want to live like Clint Eastwood.' Did I know at that time Clint Eastwood, to him, Heaven was a truck, a dog, and a picnic basket for food or something?
Don Rickles -
Sinatra had a lot of mood swings, but he was wonderful to my wife Barbara and to me. He made no bones about who he liked and who he loved, and he had this great charisma. When he walked into a room, it stopped. I've only seen that happen with Ronald Reagan.
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I have a wonderful road manager, and he travels with me. And my valet and friend travels with me. My little entourage is great, and they take good care of me.
Don Rickles