Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
RON WHITEMovies are boring. It’s like watching paint dry. I did a little role in a movie, and it was eight lines. I was there for three days. It’s just horrible.
More Ron White Quotes
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I don’t watch Comedy Central. I don’t enjoy it.
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I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative. If you’re a painter and someone stretches your canvas, it was collaborative on some level.
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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 think honest communication, no matter where it comes from, is positive for a relationship.
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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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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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My show is more storytelling now than it’s ever been. It’s what I’m good at.
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The first thing I ever got my hands on was Andy Griffith’s ‘What It Was, Was Football.’ I was fascinated with the fact that every syllable made it funny, and I would laugh even though I didn’t know what any of it meant.
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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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I didn’t get where I am today by worryin’ about how I’d feel tomorrow.
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As long as I stay engaged with everybody else, then I’ll create more comedy. It’s just when I shut off and stay at home… What helps me is just to keep moving.
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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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The only way to stay sharp is to do live shows. There is no part-time comedy.
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Television is 15 hour days. Movies are 18 hour days. And it’s 18 hours of doing not a thing.
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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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