There’s no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don’t exist.
RON WHITEThere have been times when I played more than others, but I’ve been a road comic for a quarter of a century, so I’ve always played golf on the road because you have a lot of time to kill.
More Ron White Quotes
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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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I think the world has their own good, clean, Christian comedy. They don’t need my help.
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I was a comedy fan when I was a little kid.
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I was a huge fan of comedy when I was a child.
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I don’t have a specific plan except for as long as people want to listen to me talk, I’m going to keep talking. I can’t imagine a life without doing standup.
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My uncle was a preacher, and I used to go watch him preach. He was also funny, so I’m very ‘preacher-ish’ on stage, not by intent but because that’s where I learned to talk in front of people.
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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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The bulk of my fans are my age, and I’m aging at the same rate they are. That makes me relevant. They like hearing what I have to say. I work hard at it, but it’s addicting, really.
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I go to more open mic nights than open mikers.
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My shows are not all-the-way filthy, but they can be.
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If I see someone out there mouthing the words to a bit, I’m not having fun.
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Movies are boring. It’s like watching paint dry. I did a little role in a movie, and it was eight lines. I was there for three days. It’s just horrible.
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Comedy is great because there’s no overhead.
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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’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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