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.
RON WHITEI write all of my material. It’s all me.
More Ron White Quotes
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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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I was always a funny guy. I don’t think anybody that makes it to this level of stand-up wasn’t a funny guy when they were young.
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The only thing I really worry about is my live stand-up show because I have to answer to the fans.
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You can tell on-stage when a joke’s starting to lose its pop. It doesn’t mean people don’t want to hear it anymore; it means I don’t want to do it anymore. Because I want to move on to something that has a knee-jerk reaction just like you get when you tell somebody a joke that they’ve never heard.
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Comedy is great because there’s no overhead.
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I’m definitely guilty of thinking something is funny but thinking the audience won’t. Then three years later I will finally try it and it’ll kill them. I got to give them more credit.
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I don’t do talk shows or go on Dr. Phil’s show. He’s a friend of mine, and, no, he doesn’t give me any advice. He doesn’t give solicited advice.
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I have a very fun life. I don’t recommend it for anybody else, but it sure has been fun for me.
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I always wanted to be a popular comedian.
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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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My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
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I don’t know who in my family thinks very fast at all, including me. The things that people see me do onstage are written, so it doesn’t have to be very quick if you have all day with a pen.
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Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty… mine’s putting in an express lane.
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I think honest communication, no matter where it comes from, is positive for a relationship.
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I had the right to remain silent… but I didn’t have the ability.
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