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.
RON WHITETelevision is 15 hour days. Movies are 18 hour days. And it’s 18 hours of doing not a thing.
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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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If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it’s being true to their nature… that’s what takes a long time to learn.
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Somebody the other day had a review, called me ‘America’s reprobate.’ And I don’t even know what that means, but I kinda like the way it sounds.
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My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
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I was a little one-trick pony. I do what I’ve always done. That’s really where my best stuff comes from. I don’t know how it happens. It just happens.
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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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I believe that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game.
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I’ve never been one to look up the ladder. I’ve always looked down the ladder. As long as there’s one guy down there, I’m fine.
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I begged the universe to make me a famous comedian, and it did. So I tend not to ask for any more.
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Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty… mine’s putting in an express lane.
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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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My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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My show is more storytelling now than it’s ever been. It’s what I’m good at.
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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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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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