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.
RON WHITEAs 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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The only way to stay sharp is to do live shows. There is no part-time comedy.
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The Majestic Theatre in San Antone is as good as it gets.
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You know, my first album, some of those jokes I’d done for twelve years because I couldn’t throw ’em out.
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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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I write all of my material. It’s all me.
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Think of The Rontourage as the Ron White Channel, where you can see us getting into trouble in all kinds of different places.
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Somebody the other day had a review, called me ‘America’s reprobate.’ And I don’t even know what that means, but I kinda like the way it sounds.
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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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My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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My show is more storytelling now than it’s ever been. It’s what I’m good at.
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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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Television is 15 hour days. Movies are 18 hour days. And it’s 18 hours of doing not a thing.
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A killer Cuban restaurant with a giant cigar bar. Have me a Cuban sandwich. That’s just like heaven to me. I’m a simple man.
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People, when they go on stage, tend to be animated and try to force things out instead of relaxing and bringing it in.
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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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