Bill Burr Quotes - Page 3

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• I think the fear of humiliating yourself on stage always motivates me to give at least 90 percent. I've definitely been guilty of leaning on the mic stand, but you can only do that so long before you're like, "Jesus, I'm bombing." The fact that people pay to come see me, that's really just out the window.

  Bill Burr

  Jesus, Thinking, Giving

  Interview with Matt Wild, www.avclub.com. June 15, 2011.

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• I think I know how to raise a kid. You just play catch with 'em. You just talk about life, and you distract them by throwing the ball. They don't even notice that you're filling up their heads with your theories.

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  Kids, Thinking, Filling Up

  "The Best Fatherhood Advice (from Comedians)" by Chris Giblin, www.esquire.com. August 28, 2013.

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• So many people there are in politics that they're overly cautious about laughing at stuff. They're so damned concerned about what everyone else is thinking. What are they worried about? Nobody ever walked into a show as a bleeding heart liberal and had a comedian undo 30 years of life experience.

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  Heart, Thinking, Years

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• I do my podcast on Mondays for a specific reason. A lot of people go to work and don't like their jobs. If you give people something to laugh about, it's good.

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  Monday, Jobs, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• As much as Metallica rocked, they always had these song names... 'The Thing That Shouldn't Be'. 'The Chair That Wasn't There', you know?

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  Song, Names, Metallica

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• Think about the amount of crap the US has done! Between slavery and the genocide of the Native Americans - if any of that had been filmed like [Adolf] Hitler, we'd never live it down.

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  Native American, Thinking, Done

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• I heard a quote once in a documentary about a band that said you're better off owning everything 100 percent and selling 20,000 copies of an album than signing with a record company and selling a million copies. There has never been a truer statement about show business than that.

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  Documentaries, Albums, Band

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• Turn inward and say to yourself "I'm just gonna do it". That mindset got me to where I am now. I look at the industry like it's a giant mall, and I have a little store - this what I'm selling: I do stand-up, I've got a podcast, and occasionally I act.

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  Giants, Inward, Looks

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• I bet The Walking Dead gets really low ratings out in Montana, just because all they need to do is look out their f-king window, am I right?

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  Kings, Walking Dead, Needs

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• I love making movies, and being in any that I can be in. I'd like to be in those giant movies, as the fifth or sixth lead, and have three or four killer scenes. You don't have the responsibility of the entire movie being on you. I like those roles. I'm shooting for the middle.

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  Responsibility, Roles, Shooting

  Interview with Matt Wild, www.avclub.com. June 15, 2011.

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• You're not chasing syndication any more. It used to be a big thing. "Let's make 100 episodes and we'll get paid for life". You know? And what does the sheer amount of content that's being made do to syndication after a while? It just seems like there's more content than there is hours for everyone to watch it. But it's some of the best content that's ever been created.

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  Doe, Watches, Hours

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• I was scared to death because for the comics of my generation, HBO specials are like the pinnacle. I'm thinking of all these unbelievable comedians I've seen on HBO: Chris Rock, George Carlin, Damon Wayans, Richard Pryor and Billy Crystal. I started having a panic attack seeing my name in that list of people. It was pretty overwhelming.

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  Thinking, Hbo, Rocks

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• I was in NYC during 9/11; it happened on a Tuesday, I was on stage Thursday. It was a small crowd, but it took about 10 days and comedy clubs were packed.

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  Nyc, Tuesday, Crowds

  "Comedian Bill Burr, tamer of unruly audiences". Interview with Chris O'Connell, www.avclub.com. October 21, 2009.

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• Stand up comedy is this thing you get to do, so you have to treat it with respect. You can't just be like, 'Alright, I got my hour down, people are coming to see me now. Now, I'm going to lean on the mike stand.' No, you gotta work even harder now. You got to top what you already did. Because they'll find someone else.

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  People, Comedy, Hours

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• I was certified to take x-rays, but you can't just show up and start cleaning people's teeth.

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  People, Rays, Teeth

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• Comedians have the ability to feel other emotions.

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  Comedian, Emotion, Ability

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• I am so pro-swine flu... I want it. We need a plague. It's got to happen; don't be afraid. It's only going to kill the weak.

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  Needs, Flu, Want

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• I have this weird sort of Gemini thing where I can really be empathetic and a loving person. But if you piss me off, I can be one of the meanest, most sadistic people.

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  People, Sadistic, Empathetic

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• It was right after 9/11 and I decided to walk around the grounds of the Pentagon, because I had never been there. Out of nowhere comes this speeding camouflaged golf cart and this guy starts yelling at me, 'What do you think you're doing!' The guy wrote my name down and began to follow me before I got really scared and took off as fast as I could.

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  Golf, Thinking, Yelling

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• There are no winners in this election [2016]. I paid attention to it for about two months and then it just started to depress me. At least Hillary's [Clinton] a politician, but the fact that you've got a guy from a reality TV show! I have to say, out of everything I've ever watched in sports - the greatest comebacks ever - watching [Donald Trump] get the nomination for the Republican Party is the most astounding thing I've ever seen.

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  Sports, Depressing, Party

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• I can tell you why I like different countries. Ireland - some of the funniest heckles I've ever gotten. And the last time I did England I did Bristol, Manchester, and then London. The whole country is just amazing to drive through.

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  Country, Different, London

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• Ric Flair is the greatest guy ever. He just wants to hang out, have a beer, and tell stories. He's the coolest. I've never met The Rock though.

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  Beer, Rocks, Guy

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• I keep doing specials because I think there are a lot of people who make movies and TV who are fans of comedy - if they start to like you, they'll get a project going and call you in.

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  Thinking, People, Fans

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• If you're on social media as a performer you can tell. If you don't get any Tweets you know it's bombed. I can pretty much gauge how it's doing by comparing the reception to shows I've done that have actual ratings.

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  Media, Gauges, Done

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• I think it's a privilege to be able to fly to somewhere where people want to see my show.

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  Thinking, People, Want

  Source: www.beyondthejoke.co.uk

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