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 WHITEI was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So that’s all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from my peers.
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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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My show is more storytelling now than it’s ever been. It’s what I’m good at.
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I was by far the least popular of the Blue Collar crew when we started. There was a definite pecking order, and everybody knew it.
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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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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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I want my fans to feel like we’re always in touch. Because without ’em, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this.
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But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It’s like anything else. It’s a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever.
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My brain is like a cross between a colander and a Lazy Susan – thin, slow, and it leaks.
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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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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 love Cincinnati, but you can keep that spaghetti chili product!
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There’s no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don’t exist.
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You wanna get the truth out of me, get me hammered.
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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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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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