If you become famous and don’t have a live show to back it up, they’re not going to pay you any money.
RON WHITEI 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.
More Ron White Quotes
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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 do a lot of gay-friendly stuff in my show, and men, women, they all love it. I practice non-judgment in my daily life and hope other people do the same thing.
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A lot of people can find something to laugh at in my humor, I guess.
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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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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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Movies are boring. It’s like watching paint dry. I did a little role in a movie, and it was eight lines. I was there for three days. It’s just horrible.
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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 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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I believe that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game.
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My brain is like a cross between a colander and a Lazy Susan – thin, slow, and it leaks.
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We always go out looking for live music after our shows.
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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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My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
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That’s the beauty of being a straight-to-DVD star. It really helps you stay under the media’s radar.
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TV is a hard job. You work 15 hours a day. People tell you what to do. I hate to do it.
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