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" Most people think the character I do onstage is the way I am offstage, but I'm just a regular guy who spends time with his family and who turns on the television and watches a lot of sports. "

Don Rickles

Character

Time

Sports

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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. "

" 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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" Among my friends, I'm not a little Boy Scout, and they love my humor, thank God. "

" 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. "

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Fight

" When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last. "

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" I didn't get married until I was 38. "

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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

Building

" I don't drink much anymore, but when I traveled with Frank Sinatra, God rest his soul, I used to drink like I could do it. He made it a test. In Vegas, the Rat Pack, which I was a little part of, drank all night and slept most of the day. Then, about 5 o'clock, we'd meet in the hotel steam room, lock the door, and steam our brains out. "

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People

Say

" 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

Sitting

" 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. "

" Some people say funny things, but I say things funny. "

" Sinatra was somebody special. "