I’ve got a role in the new Billy Bob Thornton movie that Billy Bob wrote and is going to direct called ‘Jayne Mansfield’s Car.’ I only have four scenes, but I have as much dialogue as anybody in the movie.
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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Comedy is all about the pause.
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Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
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The 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.
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There have been times when I played more than others, but I’ve been a road comic for a quarter of a century, so I’ve always played golf on the road because you have a lot of time to kill.
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I write all of my material. It’s all me.
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I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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My goal is just to become a better comedian.
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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.
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I go through about 140 cities a year.
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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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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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My show is more storytelling now than it’s ever been. It’s what I’m good at.
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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 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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