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.
RON WHITEDiamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
More Ron White Quotes
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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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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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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.
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There’s no idea or concept in comedy you could do that hasn’t been attacked from some angle. But if you start leaving punchlines out so you’ll look cool, I don’t get that. But I don’t watch standup anyway, so I don’t know what they’re doing.
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As long as I stay engaged with everybody else, then I’ll create more comedy. It’s just when I shut off and stay at home… What helps me is just to keep moving.
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I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
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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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I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative.
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I don’t think we have a surplus of fine educators in this country that we can just start dropping them for no reason whatsoever.
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The Majestic Theatre in San Antone is as good as it gets.
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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 was a huge fan of comedy when I was a child.
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I guarantee there’s people who watch television who have no idea how complicated it is to make a television show.
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I was always a funny guy. I don’t think anybody that makes it to this level of stand-up wasn’t a funny guy when they were young.
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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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