People, when they go on stage, tend to be animated and try to force things out instead of relaxing and bringing it in.
RON WHITEThere 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.
More Ron White Quotes
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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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Ultimately I’m the writer for me, but also, anytime one of my friends gets stuck with a bit, they can call me, and I’m pretty good at helping them get there.
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I started selling out comedy clubs before I got to town with no advertising. I was selling out theaters just on the rumor that I was going to be there.
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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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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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As long as I stay engaged with everybody else, then I’ll create more comedy. It’s just when I shut off and stay at home… What helps me is just to keep moving.
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I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
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My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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I would have rather been beat by a plumber than Kathy Griffin.
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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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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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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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Comedy is great because there’s no overhead.
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I go through about 140 cities a year.
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