You know, my first album, some of those jokes I’d done for twelve years because I couldn’t throw ’em out.
RON WHITEPace, 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.
More Ron White Quotes
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My brain is like a cross between a colander and a Lazy Susan – thin, slow, and it leaks.
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I don’t like to do material people have heard. Now, they like to hear material that they know, because that’s the stuff that made me famous, and, unfortunately, I don’t do a ton of it.
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A killer Cuban restaurant with a giant cigar bar. Have me a Cuban sandwich. That’s just like heaven to me. I’m a simple man.
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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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There’s no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don’t exist.
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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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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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There have been times in my life that I’ve had a ton of vices, and my demons have run amok for years and years and years.
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Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
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Any time someone achieves success before they’ve earned it, it always comes back to haunt them.
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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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When I was 20, I used to go around telling stories, and I knew where I was comfortable – onstage, talking, making ’em laugh and listen to the weirdest things. I liked being the center of attention.
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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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I do live like a rock star, but it’s not as great as it sounds. It’s a lot of traveling.
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I’m set up where I make a lot of money doing stand-up, and it’s easy.
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