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.
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 always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.
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I’m not willing to drag my fans down a road I don’t believe in. That’s just my one little principle. I’ve only got one, and that’s 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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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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I don’t know who in my family thinks very fast at all, including me. The things that people see me do onstage are written, so it doesn’t have to be very quick if you have all day with a pen.
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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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The first thing I ever got my hands on was Andy Griffith’s ‘What It Was, Was Football.’ I was fascinated with the fact that every syllable made it funny, and I would laugh even though I didn’t know what any of it meant.
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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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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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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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I write all of my material. It’s all me.
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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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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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I’ve been married a few times. I’m not good at it.
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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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