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.
RON WHITEIf you watch the ‘Blue Collar Comedy Tour,’ don’t expect that when you come see me by myself, ’cause it’s a little rougher.
More Ron White Quotes
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Comedy is great because there’s no overhead.
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I was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So that’s all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from my peers.
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I’m set up where I make a lot of money doing stand-up, and it’s easy.
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I could do no wrong in my mother’s eyes from the day I was born. My fans bought her a very nice house in San Antonio, and she has a great life.
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I don’t do talk shows or go on Dr. Phil’s show. He’s a friend of mine, and, no, he doesn’t give me any advice. He doesn’t give solicited advice.
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TV is a hard job. You work 15 hours a day. People tell you what to do. I hate to do it.
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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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I go through about 140 cities a year.
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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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You know, my first album, some of those jokes I’d done for twelve years because I couldn’t throw ’em out.
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There have been times in my life that I’ve had a ton of vices, and my demons have run amok for years and years and years.
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I don’t have a specific plan except for as long as people want to listen to me talk, I’m going to keep talking. I can’t imagine a life without doing standup.
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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 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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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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