I’ve never been one to look up the ladder. I’ve always looked down the ladder. As long as there’s one guy down there, I’m fine.
RON WHITEPeople, 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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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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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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You can tell on-stage when a joke’s starting to lose its pop. It doesn’t mean people don’t want to hear it anymore; it means I don’t want to do it anymore. Because I want to move on to something that has a knee-jerk reaction just like you get when you tell somebody a joke that they’ve never heard.
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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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It never dawned on me that I had the option of becoming a comedian. I come from a little dirt street town in northwest Texas, and they really don’t talk about the arts there much on career day.
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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
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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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Anything I write that I consider stage-quality work, I won’t give my TV show. I put it in my live show.
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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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Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty… mine’s putting in an express lane.
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You know, my first album, some of those jokes I’d done for twelve years because I couldn’t throw ’em out.
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I believe that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game.
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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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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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