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.
RON WHITEYou can tell on-stage when a joke’s starting to lose its pop. It doesn’t mean people don’t want to hear it anymore; it means I don’t want to do it anymore. Because I want to move on to something that has a knee-jerk reaction just like you get when you tell somebody a joke that they’ve never heard.
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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.
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I don’t do talk shows or go on Dr. Phil’s show. He’s a friend of mine, and, no, he doesn’t give me any advice. He doesn’t give solicited advice.
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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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If I’m not in the theatre, I’m in an open mic night or doing a guest set at the Comedy Club, or whatever, just trying to develop stuff.
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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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I go through about 140 cities a year.
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When I was about 12 years old back in Houston, my Dad used to take us to the driving range.
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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 think the world has their own good, clean, Christian comedy. They don’t need my help.
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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’ve asked these guys in rock bands with all the 18-wheelers driving to the venue how they make money. I just don’t understand it. But I don’t understand a lot of things.
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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 always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.
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Comedy is great because there’s no overhead.
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I consider it an honor and a privilege to give back however I can for the many sacrifices of these incredibly brave men and women.
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