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.
RON WHITEI love Cincinnati, but you can keep that spaghetti chili product!
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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The only thing I really worry about is my live stand-up show because I have to answer to the fans.
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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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Mother, she likes the blue material just fine.
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Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
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If I’m not in the theatre, I’m in an open mic night or doing a guest set at the Comedy Club, or whatever, just trying to develop stuff.
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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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Comedy is great because there’s no overhead.
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I love Cincinnati, but you can keep that spaghetti chili product!
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I still love to walk on stage and make people laugh, and I work very, very hard at it, and I take it seriously.
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My goal is just to become a better comedian.
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I had the right to remain silent… but I didn’t have the ability.
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I’ve got a great cigar collection – it’s actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn’t going to smoke every last one of ’em.
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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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My brain is like a cross between a colander and a Lazy Susan – thin, slow, and it leaks.
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