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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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" I exaggerate all our selves, our beings. I make fun of everything: of our life and what we are. But I don't tell jokes, really. I just exaggerate life, and it comes out funny. "

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Everything

Life

Out

" 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. "

Don Rickles

Struggle

Comedy

" 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!' "

" The highlight of my career was being at the inaugural gala of Ronald Reagan, and I owe that to Mr. Sinatra. "

" I always say, when you're onstage you can't please everybody. I'm sure there are people who may not take to what I do, but that's okay. Thank God the majority are in my corner. "

" I like to think I'm like the guy who goes to the office Christmas party Friday night, insults some people, but still has his job Monday morning. "

" 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. "

" I don't like to compare myself with anybody. "

Don Rickles

Anybody

Myself

" When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket. "

" I ride a recumbent bike for half an hour every day. "

" I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness. "

" What keeps me going is that young people still want to see me. "

" Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap. "

Don Rickles

Empire

Building

" I've never had a written script. "

" Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder? "

" Las Vegas is the boiling pot of entertainment. "

" I've been hot, I've been lukewarm, I've been freezing, but I've always been a headliner. "

" Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper. "

" Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it. "

Don Rickles

People

Appreciate

" 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. "

" Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera. "

" 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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Always

Sitting

" Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich. "

" Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive. "

" I have no idea what I'm going to say when I stand up to give a toast. But I do know that anything I say I find funny. "

" Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor. "

Don Rickles

Humor

Battle

" I still have drive, but everything is relative. "

" My life was in Montreal years ago. Best food in the world. "

" 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. "

" My mother was a Jewish General Patton. "