I’ve got a role in the new Billy Bob Thornton movie that Billy Bob wrote and is going to direct called ‘Jayne Mansfield’s Car.’ I only have four scenes, but I have as much dialogue as anybody in the movie.
RON WHITEI was a little one-trick pony. I do what I’ve always done. That’s really where my best stuff comes from. I don’t know how it happens. It just happens.
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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.
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If you watch the ‘Blue Collar Comedy Tour,’ don’t expect that when you come see me by myself, ’cause it’s a little rougher.
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I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
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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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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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I get e-mail from all over the world, and from lawyers and doctors and whoever – plumbers and drywall hangers.
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I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
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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 had the right to remain silent… but I didn’t have the ability.
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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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I go to more open mic nights than open mikers.
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That’s the beauty of being a straight-to-DVD star. It really helps you stay under the media’s radar.
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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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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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I think the world has their own good, clean, Christian comedy. They don’t need my help.
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