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.
RON WHITEThe 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.
More Ron White Quotes
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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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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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I’ve asked these guys in rock bands with all the 18-wheelers driving to the venue how they make money. I just don’t understand it. But I don’t understand a lot of things.
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Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
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Let’s face it: a lot of my material comes from the stuff that happens to me on the road.
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There’s not a pill you can take; there’s not a class you can go to. Stupid is forever.
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It never dawned on me that I had the option of becoming a comedian. I come from a little dirt street town in northwest Texas, and they really don’t talk about the arts there much on career day.
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Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty… mine’s putting in an express lane.
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I go to more open mic nights than open mikers.
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The only thing I really worry about is my live stand-up show because I have to answer to the fans.
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When I was 20, I used to go around telling stories, and I knew where I was comfortable – onstage, talking, making ’em laugh and listen to the weirdest things. I liked being the center of attention.
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I write all of my material. It’s all me.
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I was a huge fan of comedy when I was a child.
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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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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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