I think honest communication, no matter where it comes from, is positive for a relationship.
RON WHITEI’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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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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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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I write these shows one joke at a time. There’s no continuity. I do try to figure an order to the stories, but there’s not continuity.
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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 become famous and don’t have a live show to back it up, they’re not going to pay you any money.
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I’ve never been one to look up the ladder. I’ve always looked down the ladder. As long as there’s one guy down there, I’m fine.
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There’s no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don’t exist.
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Pace, rhythm and timing. Pace, rhythm and timing is what it’s about. The content’s got to be great, but then it’s got to be delivered. It’s a tricky thing to do, and it takes a lot of work.
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I was so in love with the idea of making people laugh for a living that I didn’t care what I had to do to get there. Or how much money I was going to make when I did get there.
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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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My opening acts are always really strong because I need a guy who can take on a big, big crowd. Which is not that easy to do.
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I get e-mail from all over the world, and from lawyers and doctors and whoever – plumbers and drywall hangers.
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My brain is like a cross between a colander and a Lazy Susan – thin, slow, and it leaks.
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You wanna get the truth out of me, get me hammered.
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A killer Cuban restaurant with a giant cigar bar. Have me a Cuban sandwich. That’s just like heaven to me. I’m a simple man.
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