My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
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.
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I’ve been married a few times. I’m not good at it.
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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 believe that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game.
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I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
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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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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’d rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.
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I’m definitely guilty of thinking something is funny but thinking the audience won’t. Then three years later I will finally try it and it’ll kill them. I got to give them more credit.
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Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
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I think the world has their own good, clean, Christian comedy. They don’t need my help.
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Comedy is all about the pause.
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The bulk of my fans are my age, and I’m aging at the same rate they are. That makes me relevant. They like hearing what I have to say. I work hard at it, but it’s addicting, really.
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I’m not the judge of who that is, but I am a believer that no debt in the universe goes unpaid. If you try to buy early, you’ll pay late.
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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 have a very fun life. I don’t recommend it for anybody else, but it sure has been fun for me.
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I was a comedy fan when I was a little kid.
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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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If you become famous and don’t have a live show to back it up, they’re not going to pay you any money.
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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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You can tell on-stage when a joke’s starting to lose its pop. It doesn’t mean people don’t want to hear it anymore; it means I don’t want to do it anymore. Because I want to move on to something that has a knee-jerk reaction just like you get when you tell somebody a joke that they’ve never heard.
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I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
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A lot of people can find something to laugh at in my humor, I guess.
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I don’t do talk shows or go on Dr. Phil’s show. He’s a friend of mine, and, no, he doesn’t give me any advice. He doesn’t give solicited advice.
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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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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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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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