The only way to stay sharp is to do live shows. There is no part-time comedy.
RON WHITEI 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.
More Ron White Quotes
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I was talking to a guy who was holding his 18-month-old daughter with the only limb he had left, and he had a smile on his face. I thought, ‘I’m not even a 10th of this man.’
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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 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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There’s not a pill you can take; there’s not a class you can go to. Stupid is forever.
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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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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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All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
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I write all of my material. It’s all me.
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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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I’d rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.
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My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
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It went from Bob Newhart to Flip Wilson to Bill Cosby to Richard Pryor to George Carlin to Cheech and Chong. I had all these records.
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A lot of people can find something to laugh at in my humor, I guess.
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My shows are not all-the-way filthy, but they can be.
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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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