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.
RON WHITEThe 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.
More Ron White Quotes
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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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The only way to stay sharp is to do live shows. There is no part-time comedy.
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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 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 think honest communication, no matter where it comes from, is positive for a relationship.
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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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I go to more open mic nights than open mikers.
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There’s no idea or concept in comedy you could do that hasn’t been attacked from some angle. But if you start leaving punchlines out so you’ll look cool, I don’t get that. But I don’t watch standup anyway, so I don’t know what they’re doing.
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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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People, when they go on stage, tend to be animated and try to force things out instead of relaxing and bringing it in.
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There’s not a pill you can take; there’s not a class you can go to. Stupid is forever.
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I was a comedy fan when I was a little kid.
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Think of The Rontourage as the Ron White Channel, where you can see us getting into trouble in all kinds of different places.
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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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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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