Let’s face it: a lot of my material comes from the stuff that happens to me on the road.
RON WHITEI’d rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.
More Ron White Quotes
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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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A lot of people can find something to laugh at in my humor, I guess.
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People, when they go on stage, tend to be animated and try to force things out instead of relaxing and bringing it in.
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I’ve got a role in the new Billy Bob Thornton movie that Billy Bob wrote and is going to direct called ‘Jayne Mansfield’s Car.’ I only have four scenes, but I have as much dialogue as anybody in the movie.
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My uncle was a preacher, and I used to go watch him preach. He was also funny, so I’m very ‘preacher-ish’ on stage, not by intent but because that’s where I learned to talk in front of people.
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I was always a funny guy. I don’t think anybody that makes it to this level of stand-up wasn’t a funny guy when they were young.
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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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The bulk of my fans are my age, and I’m aging at the same rate they are. That makes me relevant. They like hearing what I have to say. I work hard at it, but it’s addicting, really.
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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative.
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I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
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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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The next time you have a thought… let it go.
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I don’t watch Comedy Central. I don’t enjoy it.
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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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