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" 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

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Side

Think

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" I stopped smoking. But my personality I still have. I get up in the morning, and not everybody loves me, so if you want to call that a bad habit, there's that. "

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Personality

Habit

" 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. "

" Compared to what comics say today, I'm a monk, but in those days, it was unheard of to make fun of people like I did. Of course, they exaggerated how outrageous I really was. "

" Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that. "

" Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black. "

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

Don Rickles

Anybody

Myself

" 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. "

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

" If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny. "

" 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. "

" I busted my bird for 60 years in the business, but my grandkids only know me as Mr. Potato Head. "

" 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've never gone to comedy clubs. "

" 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. "

" You know how a fighter always comes into the dressing room way before a fight? That's me - I'm like a fighter. "

Don Rickles

Fighter

Fight

" My whole act is off the top of my head. "

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

" Now when I'm not working, I don't really hang out with the young comics. "

" I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies. "

" I write my own tweets. "

" I cannot tell a joke. But I can do a situation, that it becomes a joke. "

" It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that. "

Don Rickles

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