I was talking to a guy who was holding his 18-month-old daughter with the only limb he had left, and he had a smile on his face. I thought, ‘I’m not even a 10th of this man.’
RON WHITEA killer Cuban restaurant with a giant cigar bar. Have me a Cuban sandwich. That’s just like heaven to me. I’m a simple man.
More Ron White Quotes
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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 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 goal is just to become a better comedian.
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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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Any time someone achieves success before they’ve earned it, it always comes back to haunt them.
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I go to more open mic nights than open mikers.
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I do a lot of gay-friendly stuff in my show, and men, women, they all love it. I practice non-judgment in my daily life and hope other people do the same thing.
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I’m not willing to drag my fans down a road I don’t believe in. That’s just my one little principle. I’ve only got one, and that’s it.
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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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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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I don’t know who in my family thinks very fast at all, including me. The things that people see me do onstage are written, so it doesn’t have to be very quick if you have all day with a pen.
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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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I’ve got a role in the new Billy Bob Thornton movie that Billy Bob wrote and is going to direct called ‘Jayne Mansfield’s Car.’ I only have four scenes, but I have as much dialogue as anybody in the movie.
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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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My brain is like a cross between a colander and a Lazy Susan – thin, slow, and it leaks.
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My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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Pace, rhythm and timing. Pace, rhythm and timing is what it’s about. The content’s got to be great, but then it’s got to be delivered. It’s a tricky thing to do, and it takes a lot of work.
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That’s the beauty of being a straight-to-DVD star. It really helps you stay under the media’s radar.
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I believe that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game.
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I could do no wrong in my mother’s eyes from the day I was born. My fans bought her a very nice house in San Antonio, and she has a great life.
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I still love to walk on stage and make people laugh, and I work very, very hard at it, and I take it seriously.
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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 gathered some of my close musical and comedian friends, and we’re going to see if we can’t bring a few laughs to these soldiers, raise some money, and hopefully lift their spirits.
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Somebody the other day had a review, called me ‘America’s reprobate.’ And I don’t even know what that means, but I kinda like the way it sounds.
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When I was about 12 years old back in Houston, my Dad used to take us to the driving range.
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