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" I've never had a written script. "
Don Rickles
Written
Had
Never
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" Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich. "
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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. "
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" You've got to be able to sell yourself. "
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Able
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" Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap. "
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Empire
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" I was in World War II; I cried when they took me in the Navy. That's the last time I cried. "
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Last
Me
" The young comedians always ask me, 'What's the secret for staying around?' I tell them, 'There is no secret - just stay around. Longevity is the most important thing.' "
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Important
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" I've been to Philadelphia a lot of times over the years, playing the old Celebrity Room and most of the other clubs around there that don't exist anymore. "
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Room
Old
Philadelphia
" The inaugural of Ronald Reagan, with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. And that was the greatest thing. Ronald Reagan and George Bush. That was - I still remember like it was yesterday. "
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Remember
Like
Greatest
" I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while, I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game. "
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Better
Play
Golf
" I don't care if the average guy on the street really knows what I'm like, as long as he knows I'm not really a mean, vicious guy. My friends and family know what I'm really like. That's what's important. "
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Friends And Family
Care
Family
" One thing a comedian does, when you step on the stage, you're selling yourself, and certainly I don't think the whole world can love you. But if you can get the majority on your side, you're really in business. "
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Think
Yourself
Business
" 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. "
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Morning
Job
Night
" 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. "
Don Rickles
My Life
Chance
Stand Up
" My wife, Barbara, is great. She arranges when I do work that I have a day off between performances. "
Don Rickles
Day
Wife
Off
" You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up. "
Don Rickles
Audience
Excitement
Lose
" Being in the Navy, when I came home, it changed your whole life. You're 18, you go away for two and a half years, you come home - boy, you're a different person. "
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Boy
Person
You
" Las Vegas is the boiling pot of entertainment. "
Don Rickles
Pot
Entertainment
Vegas
" 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. "
Don Rickles
Always
Me
Sitting
" I don't like to compare myself with anybody. "
Don Rickles
Anybody
Myself
Like
" I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it. "
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Know
Problem
Midnight
" Asians are nice people, but they burn a lot of shirts. "
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Lot
Nice
Burn
" When I'm onstage, I'm acting. "
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Acting
Onstage
" What keeps me going is that young people still want to see me. "
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People
Want
Young
" The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now. "
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Days
Old
Now
" I still have drive, but everything is relative. "
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Relative
Still
Everything
" 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
" I enjoy mixed audiences, not one particular group. Short, tall, scientists, Jews, gentiles, whatever, as long as they breathe and like to laugh. "
Don Rickles
Group
Enjoy
Tall
" There's a difference between an actual insult and a friendly jab. So I don't think I'm offensive onstage. "
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Friendly
Think
Jab
" 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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Vegas
Great
Say