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.
RON WHITEI’ve been married a few times. I’m not good at it.
More Ron White Quotes
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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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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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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 gathered some of my close musical and comedian friends, and we’re going to see if we can’t bring a few laughs to these soldiers, raise some money, and hopefully lift their spirits.
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I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative. If you’re a painter and someone stretches your canvas, it was collaborative on some level.
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As long as I stay engaged with everybody else, then I’ll create more comedy. It’s just when I shut off and stay at home… What helps me is just to keep moving.
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I do a lot of gay-friendly stuff in my show, and men, women, they all love it. I practice non-judgment in my daily life and hope other people do the same thing.
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Think of The Rontourage as the Ron White Channel, where you can see us getting into trouble in all kinds of different places.
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My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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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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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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I still love to walk on stage and make people laugh, and I work very, very hard at it, and I take it seriously.
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I think honest communication, no matter where it comes from, is positive for a relationship.
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I was desperate for new material, so anything I can write a joke about that works is in the act. No matter who it offends, or who it bothers – doesn’t matter if its something my wife hates.
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We always go out looking for live music after our shows.
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