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.
RON WHITEIf you become famous and don’t have a live show to back it up, they’re not going to pay you any money.
More Ron White Quotes
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My life has been wild enough to derive all of the stories you need out of it. I’ve been through many, many years of behavioral problems, so I don’t really look outside for stories.
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It never dawned on me that I had the option of becoming a comedian. I come from a little dirt street town in northwest Texas, and they really don’t talk about the arts there much on career day.
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My goal is just to become a better comedian.
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I don’t watch Comedy Central. I don’t enjoy it.
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I’m definitely guilty of thinking something is funny but thinking the audience won’t. Then three years later I will finally try it and it’ll kill them. I got to give them more credit.
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I’d rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.
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I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative.
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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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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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If I sit down to write a joke about, whatever, the polluted Gulf of Mexico, it comes out mundane to me.
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I didn’t get where I am today by worryin’ about how I’d feel tomorrow.
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You can’t fix stupid.
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All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
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When I was 20, I used to go around telling stories, and I knew where I was comfortable – onstage, talking, making ’em laugh and listen to the weirdest things. I liked being the center of attention.
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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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