American - Comedian | May 8, 1926 - April 6, 2017
Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.
Don Rickles
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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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Don't call me 'sir; 'King Jew' will do fine.
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My mother was a big influence. She kept pushing me because I was very shy and inhibited. And schoolwork was very difficult for me because I couldn't concentrate. I was failing almost every subject. To this day, I'm not too good at reading a book. But I was the president of my high school comedy group, and they treated me like a king.
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Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.
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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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My father was an insurance man and a small-time gambler. He was a good man, but he had an eye for the racehorses, and I saw how it used to bother my mother. I've never gambled a dime. Never, in all those years in Vegas.
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When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.
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Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?
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Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
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I do situations and make fun of authority and life.
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I ride a recumbent bike for half an hour every day.
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