There are two kinds of comics; there are the ones who build bridges, and then there are the people who walk across the bridges as though they built them. The bridge builders are few and far between.
RON WHITEI want my fans to feel like we’re always in touch. Because without ’em, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this.
More Ron White Quotes
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I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative. If you’re a painter and someone stretches your canvas, it was collaborative on some level.
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If I sit down to write a joke about, whatever, the polluted Gulf of Mexico, it comes out mundane to me.
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The only thing I really worry about is my live stand-up show because I have to answer to the fans.
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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 was by far the least popular of the Blue Collar crew when we started. There was a definite pecking order, and everybody knew it.
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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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I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
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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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Pace, 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 was desperate for new material, so anything I can write a joke about that works is in the act. No matter who it offends, or who it bothers – doesn’t matter if its something my wife hates.
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If I see someone out there mouthing the words to a bit, I’m not having fun.
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I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He’s probably the best comedian who ever lived. Although you can’t say that because of Carlin, Cosby and Pryor.
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Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty… mine’s putting in an express lane.
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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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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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