I had the right to remain silent… but I didn’t have the ability.
RON WHITEI always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.
More Ron White Quotes
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Comedy is great because there’s no overhead.
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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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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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The next time you have a thought… let it go.
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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’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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A lot of people can find something to laugh at in my humor, I guess.
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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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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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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 guarantee there’s people who watch television who have no idea how complicated it is to make a television show.
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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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People are saying that I’m an alcoholic, and that’s not true, because I only drink when I work, and I’m a workaholic.
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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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Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
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