There 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.
RON WHITEI believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
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I begged the universe to make me a famous comedian, and it did. So I tend not to ask for any more.
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I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
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You can tell on-stage when a joke’s starting to lose its pop. It doesn’t mean people don’t want to hear it anymore; it means I don’t want to do it anymore. Because I want to move on to something that has a knee-jerk reaction just like you get when you tell somebody a joke that they’ve never heard.
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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 desperate for new material, so anything I can write a joke about that works is in the act. No matter who it offends, or who it bothers – doesn’t matter if its something my wife hates.
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I don’t like to do material people have heard. Now, they like to hear material that they know, because that’s the stuff that made me famous, and, unfortunately, I don’t do a ton of it.
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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 only thing I really worry about is my live stand-up show because I have to answer to the fans.
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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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Any time someone achieves success before they’ve earned it, it always comes back to haunt them.
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I always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.
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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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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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You can teach somebody how to be a brain surgeon, but you cannot teach them how to walk on a stage and make people laugh.
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My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
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