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If 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.

Ron White

If you become famous and don’t have a live show to back it up, they’re not going to pay you any money.
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Any Back Become Famous Go Money Pay Show
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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Demon Life Run Time Ton Vice Year
I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative.
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Believe Collaborative Creative Everything Somewhat
If I see someone out there mouthing the words to a bit, I’m not having fun.
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Fun Have Mouth See Someone Word
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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I go through about 140 cities a year.
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City Go Through Yera
You can’t fix stupid.
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Fix Stupid
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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All I know how to do is take what’s on my mind and spit it out funny. I don’t know what else I could do besides comedy.
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Besides Comedy Funny Know Lake Mind Spit
I don’t have a specific plan except for as long as people want to listen to me talk, I’m going to keep talking. I can’t imagine a life without doing standup.
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Except Imagine Kep Life Listen Long People Plan Specific Talk
Television is 15 hour days. Movies are 18 hour days. And it’s 18 hours of doing not a thing.
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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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A 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.
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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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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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If 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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