I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
RON WHITEPeople 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 really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He’s probably the best comedian who ever lived. Although you can’t say that because of Carlin, Cosby and Pryor.
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There are two kinds of comics; there are the ones who build bridges, and then there are the people who walk across the bridges as though they built them. The bridge builders are few and far between.
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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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Television is 15 hour days. Movies are 18 hour days. And it’s 18 hours of doing not a thing.
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Anything I write that I consider stage-quality work, I won’t give my TV show. I put it in my live show.
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I’d rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.
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I get e-mail from all over the world, and from lawyers and doctors and whoever – plumbers and drywall hangers.
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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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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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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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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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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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I’ve gathered some of my close musical and comedian friends, and we’re going to see if we can’t bring a few laughs to these soldiers, raise some money, and hopefully lift their spirits.
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I started selling out comedy clubs before I got to town with no advertising. I was selling out theaters just on the rumor that I was going to be there.
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I had the right to remain silent… but I didn’t have the ability.
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