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.
RON WHITEThere’s no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don’t exist.
More Ron White Quotes
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I always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.
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I’m not the judge of who that is, but I am a believer that no debt in the universe goes unpaid. If you try to buy early, you’ll pay late.
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I have a very fun life. I don’t recommend it for anybody else, but it sure has been fun for me.
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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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There have been times when I played more than others, but I’ve been a road comic for a quarter of a century, so I’ve always played golf on the road because you have a lot of time to kill.
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There’s not a pill you can take; there’s not a class you can go to. Stupid is forever.
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The first thing I ever got my hands on was Andy Griffith’s ‘What It Was, Was Football.’ I was fascinated with the fact that every syllable made it funny, and I would laugh even though I didn’t know what any of it meant.
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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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Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty… mine’s putting in an express lane.
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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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If I’m not in the theatre, I’m in an open mic night or doing a guest set at the Comedy Club, or whatever, just trying to develop stuff.
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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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Television is 15 hour days. Movies are 18 hour days. And it’s 18 hours of doing not a thing.
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The Majestic Theatre in San Antone is as good as it gets.
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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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