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.
RON WHITEIf I sit down to write a joke about, whatever, the polluted Gulf of Mexico, it comes out mundane to me.
More Ron White Quotes
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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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I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He’s probably the best comedian who ever lived. Although you can’t say that because of Carlin, Cosby and Pryor.
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There were years when I was a beer and tequila guy, then I got real fat. And then I found that you could actually go on a diet and drink scotch. Then I got hooked on scotch, and if you get hooked on scotch, then everything else just tastes wrong.
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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 guarantee there’s people who watch television who have no idea how complicated it is to make a television show.
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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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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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I think the world has their own good, clean, Christian comedy. They don’t need my help.
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All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
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I don’t watch Comedy Central. I don’t enjoy it.
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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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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 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 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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