I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
RON WHITEI guarantee there’s people who watch television who have no idea how complicated it is to make a television show.
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The only thing I really worry about is my live stand-up show because I have to answer to the fans.
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When I was about 12 years old back in Houston, my Dad used to take us to the driving range.
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I don’t do talk shows or go on Dr. Phil’s show. He’s a friend of mine, and, no, he doesn’t give me any advice. He doesn’t give solicited advice.
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I guarantee there’s people who watch television who have no idea how complicated it is to make a television show.
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I was a huge fan of comedy when I was a child.
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I was talking to a guy who was holding his 18-month-old daughter with the only limb he had left, and he had a smile on his face. I thought, ‘I’m not even a 10th of this man.’
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If you become famous and don’t have a live show to back it up, they’re not going to pay you any money.
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I was always a funny guy. I don’t think anybody that makes it to this level of stand-up wasn’t a funny guy when they were young.
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I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative. If you’re a painter and someone stretches your canvas, it was collaborative on some level.
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The first thing I ever got my hands on was Andy Griffith’s ‘What It Was, Was Football.’ I was fascinated with the fact that every syllable made it funny, and I would laugh even though I didn’t know what any of it meant.
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But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It’s like anything else. It’s a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever.
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My shows are not all-the-way filthy, but they can be.
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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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There’s no idea or concept in comedy you could do that hasn’t been attacked from some angle. But if you start leaving punchlines out so you’ll look cool, I don’t get that. But I don’t watch standup anyway, so I don’t know what they’re doing.
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I’m set up where I make a lot of money doing stand-up, and it’s easy.
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