I go through about 140 cities a year.
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.
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I could do no wrong in my mother’s eyes from the day I was born. My fans bought her a very nice house in San Antonio, and she has a great life.
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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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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 want my fans to feel like we’re always in touch. Because without ’em, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this.
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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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But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It’s like anything else. It’s a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever.
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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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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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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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I was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So that’s all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from my peers.
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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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You can teach somebody how to be a brain surgeon, but you cannot teach them how to walk on a stage and make people laugh.
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Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
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I was a comedy fan when I was a little kid.
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There have been times when I played more than others, but I’ve been a road comic for a quarter of a century, so I’ve always played golf on the road because you have a lot of time to kill.
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