I begged the universe to make me a famous comedian, and it did. So I tend not to ask for any more.
RON WHITEYou wanna get the truth out of me, get me hammered.
More Ron White Quotes
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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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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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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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I was so in love with the idea of making people laugh for a living that I didn’t care what I had to do to get there. Or how much money I was going to make when I did get there.
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My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
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You can’t fix stupid.
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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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I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative.
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I always wanted to be a popular comedian.
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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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My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
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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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I’m not the judge of who that is, but I am a believer that no debt in the universe goes unpaid. If you try to buy early, you’ll pay late.
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I believe that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game.
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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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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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There are two kinds of comics; there are the ones who build bridges, and then there are the people who walk across the bridges as though they built them. The bridge builders are few and far between.
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I write these shows one joke at a time. There’s no continuity. I do try to figure an order to the stories, but there’s not continuity.
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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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I go to more open mic nights than open mikers.
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I write all of my material. It’s all me.
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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.
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My opening acts are always really strong because I need a guy who can take on a big, big crowd. Which is not that easy to do.
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I don’t do talk shows or go on Dr. Phil’s show. He’s a friend of mine, and, no, he doesn’t give me any advice. He doesn’t give solicited advice.
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I’m definitely guilty of thinking something is funny but thinking the audience won’t. Then three years later I will finally try it and it’ll kill them. I got to give them more credit.
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