I 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.
RON WHITEI always wanted to be a popular comedian.
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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.
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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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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’m not willing to drag my fans down a road I don’t believe in. That’s just my one little principle. I’ve only got one, and that’s it.
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It never dawned on me that I had the option of becoming a comedian. I come from a little dirt street town in northwest Texas, and they really don’t talk about the arts there much on career day.
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I want my fans to feel like we’re always in touch. Because without ’em, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this.
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I was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So that’s all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from my peers.
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People, when they go on stage, tend to be animated and try to force things out instead of relaxing and bringing it in.
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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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If I’m not in the theatre, I’m in an open mic night or doing a guest set at the Comedy Club, or whatever, just trying to develop stuff.
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I love Cincinnati, but you can keep that spaghetti chili product!
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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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Pace, rhythm and timing. Pace, rhythm and timing is what it’s about. The content’s got to be great, but then it’s got to be delivered. It’s a tricky thing to do, and it takes a lot of work.
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All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
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TV is a hard job. You work 15 hours a day. People tell you what to do. I hate to do it.
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