That’s the beauty of being a straight-to-DVD star. It really helps you stay under the media’s radar.
RON WHITEWhen 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.
More Ron White Quotes
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I’d rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.
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Mother, she likes the blue material just fine.
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You can tell on-stage when a joke’s starting to lose its pop. It doesn’t mean people don’t want to hear it anymore; it means I don’t want to do it anymore. Because I want to move on to something that has a knee-jerk reaction just like you get when you tell somebody a joke that they’ve never heard.
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Comedy is great because there’s no overhead.
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Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty… mine’s putting in an express lane.
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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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You can’t fix stupid.
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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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There are two kinds of comics; there are the ones who build bridges, and then there are the people who walk across the bridges as though they built them. The bridge builders are few and far between.
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I begged the universe to make me a famous comedian, and it did. So I tend not to ask for any more.
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People are saying that I’m an alcoholic, and that’s not true, because I only drink when I work, and I’m a workaholic.
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I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He’s probably the best comedian who ever lived. Although you can’t say that because of Carlin, Cosby and Pryor.
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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.
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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 didn’t get where I am today by worryin’ about how I’d feel tomorrow.
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