I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative.
RON WHITEEverybody I know is a joke writer.
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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 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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Comedy is all about the pause.
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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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There have been times in my life that I’ve had a ton of vices, and my demons have run amok for years and years and years.
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I was desperate for new material, so anything I can write a joke about that works is in the act. No matter who it offends, or who it bothers – doesn’t matter if its something my wife hates.
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As long as I stay engaged with everybody else, then I’ll create more comedy. It’s just when I shut off and stay at home… What helps me is just to keep moving.
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I started selling out comedy clubs before I got to town with no advertising. I was selling out theaters just on the rumor that I was going to be there.
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The Majestic Theatre in San Antone is as good as it gets.
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You can teach somebody how to be a brain surgeon, but you cannot teach them how to walk on a stage and make people laugh.
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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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I’ve got a great cigar collection – it’s actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn’t going to smoke every last one of ’em.
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I begged the universe to make me a famous comedian, and it did. So I tend not to ask for any more.
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I love Cincinnati, but you can keep that spaghetti chili product!
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If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it’s being true to their nature… that’s what takes a long time to learn.
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I do live like a rock star, but it’s not as great as it sounds. It’s a lot of traveling.
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I was a little one-trick pony. I do what I’ve always done. That’s really where my best stuff comes from. I don’t know how it happens. It just happens.
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My opening acts are always really strong because I need a guy who can take on a big, big crowd. Which is not that easy to do.
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I have a very fun life. I don’t recommend it for anybody else, but it sure has been fun for me.
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All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
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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 don’t like to do material people have heard. Now, they like to hear material that they know, because that’s the stuff that made me famous, and, unfortunately, I don’t do a ton of it.
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There were years when I was a beer and tequila guy, then I got real fat. And then I found that you could actually go on a diet and drink scotch. Then I got hooked on scotch, and if you get hooked on scotch, then everything else just tastes wrong.
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If I sit down to write a joke about, whatever, the polluted Gulf of Mexico, it comes out mundane to me.
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I would have rather been beat by a plumber than Kathy Griffin.
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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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