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.
RON WHITEMy biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
More Ron White Quotes
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I didn’t get where I am today by worryin’ about how I’d feel tomorrow.
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I always wanted to be a popular comedian.
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There were years when I was a beer and tequila guy, then I got real fat. And then I found that you could actually go on a diet and drink scotch. Then I got hooked on scotch, and if you get hooked on scotch, then everything else just tastes wrong.
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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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Comedy is all about the pause.
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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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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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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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I’ve got a great cigar collection – it’s actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn’t going to smoke every last one of ’em.
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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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My goal is just to become a better comedian.
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I consider it an honor and a privilege to give back however I can for the many sacrifices of these incredibly brave men and women.
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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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I’m not willing to drag my fans down a road I don’t believe in. That’s just my one little principle. I’ve only got one, and that’s it.
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My life has been wild enough to derive all of the stories you need out of it. I’ve been through many, many years of behavioral problems, so I don’t really look outside for stories.
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It never dawned on me that I had the option of becoming a comedian. I come from a little dirt street town in northwest Texas, and they really don’t talk about the arts there much on career day.
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Comedy is great because there’s no overhead.
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I was a comedy fan when I was a little kid.
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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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I’ve gathered some of my close musical and comedian friends, and we’re going to see if we can’t bring a few laughs to these soldiers, raise some money, and hopefully lift their spirits.
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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 still love to walk on stage and make people laugh, and I work very, very hard at it, and I take it seriously.
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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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The Majestic Theatre in San Antone is as good as it gets.
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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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If you watch the ‘Blue Collar Comedy Tour,’ don’t expect that when you come see me by myself, ’cause it’s a little rougher.
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