Anything I write that I consider stage-quality work, I won’t give my TV show. I put it in my live show.
RON WHITEThere’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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My goal is just to become a better comedian.
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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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I go through about 140 cities a year.
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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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There’s not a pill you can take; there’s not a class you can go to. Stupid is forever.
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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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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.
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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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I want my fans to feel like we’re always in touch. Because without ’em, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this.
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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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I was so in love with the idea of making people laugh for a living that I didn’t care what I had to do to get there. Or how much money I was going to make when I did get there.
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I’ve been married a few times. I’m not good at it.
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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 that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game.
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I would have rather been beat by a plumber than Kathy Griffin.
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