I was a huge fan of comedy when I was a child.
RON WHITEYou can teach somebody how to be a brain surgeon, but you cannot teach them how to walk on a stage and make people laugh.
More Ron White Quotes
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I’ve got a role in the new Billy Bob Thornton movie that Billy Bob wrote and is going to direct called ‘Jayne Mansfield’s Car.’ I only have four scenes, but I have as much dialogue as anybody in the movie.
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I would have rather been beat by a plumber than Kathy Griffin.
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I was talking to a guy who was holding his 18-month-old daughter with the only limb he had left, and he had a smile on his face. I thought, ‘I’m not even a 10th of this man.’
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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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Here’s how I operate. When I see something I like, 20 years later, I ask her brother for her phone number. She don’t even see me coming.
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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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You can’t fix stupid.
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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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Television is 15 hour days. Movies are 18 hour days. And it’s 18 hours of doing not a thing.
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If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it’s being true to their nature… that’s what takes a long time to learn.
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I love Cincinnati, but you can keep that spaghetti chili product!
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But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It’s like anything else. It’s a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever.
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You wanna get the truth out of me, get me hammered.
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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 didn’t get where I am today by worryin’ about how I’d feel tomorrow.
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