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.
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.
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I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
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When I was 20, I used to go around telling stories, and I knew where I was comfortable – onstage, talking, making ’em laugh and listen to the weirdest things. I liked being the center of attention.
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I was always a funny guy. I don’t think anybody that makes it to this level of stand-up wasn’t a funny guy when they were young.
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I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative.
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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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The way my brain processes information is quite odd. I mean, I have Attention Deficit Disorder and another learning disability I can’t even spell. I don’t even have a high school diploma. I’m smart, but you can’t prove it on paper.
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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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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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I consider it an honor and a privilege to give back however I can for the many sacrifices of these incredibly brave men and women.
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My goal is just to become a better comedian.
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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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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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Anything I write that I consider stage-quality work, I won’t give my TV show. I put it in my live show.
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Somebody the other day had a review, called me ‘America’s reprobate.’ And I don’t even know what that means, but I kinda like the way it sounds.
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You can teach somebody how to be a brain surgeon, but you cannot teach them how to walk on a stage and make people laugh.
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