People are saying that I’m an alcoholic, and that’s not true, because I only drink when I work, and I’m a workaholic.
RON WHITEMy shows are not all-the-way filthy, but they can be.
More Ron White Quotes
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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 biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
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All I know how to do is take what’s on my mind and spit it out funny. I don’t know what else I could do besides comedy.
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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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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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There were years when I was a beer and tequila guy, then I got real fat. And then I found that you could actually go on a diet and drink scotch. Then I got hooked on scotch, and if you get hooked on scotch, then everything else just tastes wrong.
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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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Let’s face it: a lot of my material comes from the stuff that happens to me on the road.
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I don’t know who in my family thinks very fast at all, including me. The things that people see me do onstage are written, so it doesn’t have to be very quick if you have all day with a pen.
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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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I had the right to remain silent… but I didn’t have the ability.
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Ultimately I’m the writer for me, but also, anytime one of my friends gets stuck with a bit, they can call me, and I’m pretty good at helping them get there.
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The next time you have a thought… let it go.
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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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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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