Ron White

Ron White: (when asked who influenced him to get into the entertainment business) Who influenced me to get into comedy? That's kind of a weird question. I was influenced by a lot of comedians. I am a huge comedy fan and still have comedy CDs that are current and old. So, who influenced me? Pryor, Cosby, Kinison, Steve Martin, Cheech & Chong, Andy Griffith, Bob Newhart, Bill Hicks. I think if you listen to a lot of comedy, they all influence you. I don't emulate anybody, but I'm sure I'm influenced by everybody.

Ron White: (when asked if he's every met any country singer who was funny enough to do comedy) Absolutely none of them could do comedy. It's a very difficult thing to do. I mean, it's not difficult for me to do, and it's not difficult for most good comics to do, but it's impossible to learn. Some of them may be good storytellers, and that's an interesting thing. And I could never ever even learn to do what they do. I can't sing at all or play any instrument.

Ron White: (When asked if he remembered the first time he made someone laugh) I remember the first time I ever made somebody laugh. I was like 4 years old, and I told a knock-knock joke that I didn't get -- but it killed. I mean, it brought the living room down. I'm sure, at that age, all I knew was they laughed, and it was fun to make people laugh. Now, the first time I ever got a big laugh in public, I was at a theater watching The Blue Lagoon, which was a movie with Brooke Shields and some blonde good-looking kid. There's a scene where they're laying together, they're about to screw for the first time. And he goes, "I feel something funny down there," and she goes "Me, too." And I said, "Me, too!" and got a big laugh in the theater. That was the first time I ever got a huge laugh in public out of just pure timing. And then the rest is history.