I’m set up where I make a lot of money doing stand-up, and it’s easy.
RON WHITEIf 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 think honest communication, no matter where it comes from, is positive for a relationship.
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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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It went from Bob Newhart to Flip Wilson to Bill Cosby to Richard Pryor to George Carlin to Cheech and Chong. I had all these records.
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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 didn’t get where I am today by worryin’ about how I’d feel tomorrow.
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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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I believe that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game.
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If I’m not in the theatre, I’m in an open mic night or doing a guest set at the Comedy Club, or whatever, just trying to develop stuff.
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You wanna get the truth out of me, get me hammered.
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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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The Majestic Theatre in San Antone is as good as it gets.
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I go to more open mic nights than open mikers.
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I had the right to remain silent… but I didn’t have the ability.
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My shows are not all-the-way filthy, but they can be.
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There have been times in my life that I’ve had a ton of vices, and my demons have run amok for years and years and years.
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