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.
RON WHITEIf I sit down to write a joke about, whatever, the polluted Gulf of Mexico, it comes out mundane to me.
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Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
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Movies 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.
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I’ve been married a few times. I’m not good at it.
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Any time someone achieves success before they’ve earned it, it always comes back to haunt them.
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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 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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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 didn’t get where I am today by worryin’ about how I’d feel tomorrow.
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I started selling out comedy clubs before I got to town with no advertising. I was selling out theaters just on the rumor that I was going to be there.
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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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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 believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative.
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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 love Cincinnati, but you can keep that spaghetti chili product!
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I’ve asked these guys in rock bands with all the 18-wheelers driving to the venue how they make money. I just don’t understand it. But I don’t understand a lot of things.
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