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.
RON WHITEI was a comedy fan when I was a little kid.
More Ron White Quotes
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The only thing I really worry about is my live stand-up show because I have to answer to the fans.
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If you become famous and don’t have a live show to back it up, they’re not going to pay you any money.
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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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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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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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You can teach somebody how to be a brain surgeon, but you cannot teach them how to walk on a stage and make people laugh.
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All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
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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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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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I write all of my material. It’s all me.
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I go to more open mic nights than open mikers.
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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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I believe that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game.
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My goal is just to become a better comedian.
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I’m not willing to drag my fans down a road I don’t believe in. That’s just my one little principle. I’ve only got one, and that’s it.
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