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.
RON WHITEI was a huge fan of comedy when I was a child.
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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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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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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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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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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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I begged the universe to make me a famous comedian, and it did. So I tend not to ask for any more.
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I write all of my material. It’s all me.
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I don’t like to do material people have heard. Now, they like to hear material that they know, because that’s the stuff that made me famous, and, unfortunately, I don’t do a ton of it.
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That’s the beauty of being a straight-to-DVD star. It really helps you stay under the media’s radar.
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I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
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I don’t watch Comedy Central. I don’t enjoy it.
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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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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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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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Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
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