If you become famous and don’t have a live show to back it up, they’re not going to pay you any money.
RON WHITEEverybody I know is a joke writer.
More Ron White Quotes
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I think the world has their own good, clean, Christian comedy. They don’t need my help.
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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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I was a huge fan of comedy when I was a child.
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Ultimately I’m the writer for me, but also, anytime one of my friends gets stuck with a bit, they can call me, and I’m pretty good at helping them get there.
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The only way to stay sharp is to do live shows. There is no part-time comedy.
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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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If I sit down to write a joke about, whatever, the polluted Gulf of Mexico, it comes out mundane to me.
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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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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 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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Think of The Rontourage as the Ron White Channel, where you can see us getting into trouble in all kinds of different places.
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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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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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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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We always go out looking for live music after our shows.
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