I guarantee there’s people who watch television who have no idea how complicated it is to make a television show.
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 think honest communication, no matter where it comes from, is positive for a relationship.
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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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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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Pace, rhythm and timing. Pace, rhythm and timing is what it’s about. The content’s got to be great, but then it’s got to be delivered. It’s a tricky thing to do, and it takes a lot of work.
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I would have rather been beat by a plumber than Kathy Griffin.
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I think the world has their own good, clean, Christian comedy. They don’t need my help.
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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 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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There’s no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don’t exist.
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You wanna get the truth out of me, get me hammered.
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All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
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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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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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My opening acts are always really strong because I need a guy who can take on a big, big crowd. Which is not that easy to do.
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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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