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.
RON WHITEI go to more open mic nights than open mikers.
More Ron White Quotes
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Anything I write that I consider stage-quality work, I won’t give my TV show. I put it in my live show.
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I consider it an honor and a privilege to give back however I can for the many sacrifices of these incredibly brave men and women.
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I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He’s probably the best comedian who ever lived. Although you can’t say that because of Carlin, Cosby and Pryor.
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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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Here’s how I operate. When I see something I like, 20 years later, I ask her brother for her phone number. She don’t even see me coming.
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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 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’ve got a role in the new Billy Bob Thornton movie that Billy Bob wrote and is going to direct called ‘Jayne Mansfield’s Car.’ I only have four scenes, but I have as much dialogue as anybody in the movie.
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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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Television is 15 hour days. Movies are 18 hour days. And it’s 18 hours of doing not a thing.
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I write all of my material. It’s all me.
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I go through about 140 cities a year.
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I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
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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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I was a comedy fan when I was a little kid.
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