Any time someone achieves success before they’ve earned it, it always comes back to haunt them.
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.
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I’ve asked these guys in rock bands with all the 18-wheelers driving to the venue how they make money. I just don’t understand it. But I don’t understand a lot of things.
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Donald Trump – and I don’t dislike Donald one single bit – has no idea how good the Mexican people are at building tunnels.
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I write all of my material. It’s all me.
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I guarantee there’s people who watch television who have no idea how complicated it is to make a television show.
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I love Cincinnati, but you can keep that spaghetti chili product!
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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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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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You wanna get the truth out of me, get me hammered.
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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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I always wanted to be a popular comedian.
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My uncle was a preacher, and I used to go watch him preach. He was also funny, so I’m very ‘preacher-ish’ on stage, not by intent but because that’s where I learned to talk in front of people.
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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.
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I’d rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.
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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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The next time you have a thought… let it go.
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I go through about 140 cities a year.
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I still love to walk on stage and make people laugh, and I work very, very hard at it, and I take it seriously.
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I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
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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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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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I was desperate for new material, so anything I can write a joke about that works is in the act. No matter who it offends, or who it bothers – doesn’t matter if its something my wife hates.
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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 could do no wrong in my mother’s eyes from the day I was born. My fans bought her a very nice house in San Antonio, and she has a great life.
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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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I consider it an honor and a privilege to give back however I can for the many sacrifices of these incredibly brave men and women.
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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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