I always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.
RON WHITEAll 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.
More Ron White Quotes
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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 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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I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
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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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There’s not a pill you can take; there’s not a class you can go to. Stupid is forever.
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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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I was by far the least popular of the Blue Collar crew when we started. There was a definite pecking order, and everybody knew it.
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There are two kinds of comics; there are the ones who build bridges, and then there are the people who walk across the bridges as though they built them. The bridge builders are few and far between.
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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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I was a comedy fan when I was a little kid.
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There’s no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don’t exist.
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I’m not the judge of who that is, but I am a believer that no debt in the universe goes unpaid. If you try to buy early, you’ll pay late.
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Somebody the other day had a review, called me ‘America’s reprobate.’ And I don’t even know what that means, but I kinda like the way it sounds.
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Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
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A lot of people can find something to laugh at in my humor, I guess.
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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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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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The only way to stay sharp is to do live shows. There is no part-time comedy.
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I would have rather been beat by a plumber than Kathy Griffin.
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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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My brain is like a cross between a colander and a Lazy Susan – thin, slow, and it leaks.
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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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There have been times when I played more than others, but I’ve been a road comic for a quarter of a century, so I’ve always played golf on the road because you have a lot of time to kill.
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I do live like a rock star, but it’s not as great as it sounds. It’s a lot of traveling.
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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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My opening acts are always really strong because I need a guy who can take on a big, big crowd. Which is not that easy to do.
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