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 WHITEThere 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.
More Ron White Quotes
-
-
Everybody I know is a joke writer.
RON WHITE -
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.
RON WHITE -
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.
RON WHITE -
Comedy is all about the pause.
RON WHITE -
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.
RON WHITE -
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.
RON WHITE -
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.
RON WHITE -
I’d rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.
RON WHITE -
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.
RON WHITE -
I still love to walk on stage and make people laugh, and I work very, very hard at it, and I take it seriously.
RON WHITE -
I write all of my material. It’s all me.
RON WHITE -
I’m set up where I make a lot of money doing stand-up, and it’s easy.
RON WHITE -
You can’t fix stupid.
RON WHITE -
The only way to stay sharp is to do live shows. There is no part-time comedy.
RON WHITE -
I go through about 140 cities a year.
RON WHITE