I started selling out comedy clubs before I got to town with no advertising. I was selling out theaters just on the rumor that I was going to be there.
RON WHITEDiamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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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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My life has been wild enough to derive all of the stories you need out of it. I’ve been through many, many years of behavioral problems, so I don’t really look outside for stories.
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You wanna get the truth out of me, get me hammered.
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My goal is just to become a better comedian.
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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 I see someone out there mouthing the words to a bit, I’m not having fun.
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My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
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My show is more storytelling now than it’s ever been. It’s what I’m good at.
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TV is a hard job. You work 15 hours a day. People tell you what to do. I hate to do it.
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When I was 20, I used to go around telling stories, and I knew where I was comfortable – onstage, talking, making ’em laugh and listen to the weirdest things. I liked being the center of attention.
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I go through about 140 cities a year.
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The bulk of my fans are my age, and I’m aging at the same rate they are. That makes me relevant. They like hearing what I have to say. I work hard at it, but it’s addicting, really.
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I get e-mail from all over the world, and from lawyers and doctors and whoever – plumbers and drywall hangers.
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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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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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