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I’m always the last one to the party, man. But that’s okay. I got there.

Billy Gardell

Look, you know, you can’t please everybody. I’m a stand-up comic. I know that. It doesn’t matter how funny you are and how well you do, there’s two people that are going to walk out of there hating you.
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Hate People Two
Maybe, who knows, I’ll hire myself a trainer and a fancy cook. In five years, maybe I’ll be an action hero. Then again, maybe I’ll just be this guy. Who knows? But the fun part is embracing the human side of that.
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Again Cook Embracing Fancy Guy Unshot
Yeah, I’ve done Jim Breuer’s radio show a couple times, and I heard from Larry the Cable Guy when I got ‘Mike & Molly,’ wishing me congratulations.
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Congratulation Couple Party Radio Show
I like those older theaters – the acoustics are perfect, I mean, you just have that feel of there’s been a thousand shows in there and now you get to be one.
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Acoustics Mean Perfect
No one wants to see someone talk who takes themselves too seriously.
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No Seriously Someone Talk Themselves Want
Whenever I realize I’m being a goofball, I write it down. When I release the joke onstage, I love watching the effect it has on the audience.
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Realizing Writing
Everybody wants to be a better version of themselves – everybody. And I hope one day I can lose some weight.
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Everybody Fun Hero Years
I chewed up a lot of Florida highway when I was starting out. Used to come to Tampa two or three times a year for about 10 years straight.
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Country Straight Two Years
I have been a big guy all my life, I am not going to lose a bunch of weight, because then you’re like that weird fat person that got skinny but still has a big head. I don’t want to do that. So I’m just trying.
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Guy Skinny Trying Weight
I’ve been trying to watch my weight a bit, but when I come to Las Vegas, all bets are off. I get enough healthy food in L.A. where the food is the size of a quarter and costs $40 – when I’m in Vegas, I want a steak!
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Country Healthy People Trying
I mean, yeah, I want to lose some weight! I’m doing the best I can.
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Mean Want Weight
You start realizing that maybe you’re the one night a month that people have out, and they don’t need to hear your political views or how dark you can get. They just want to laugh for an hour and go home. Once I wrapped my head around that, my act evolved accordingly.
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Dark Home Night People View
Sometimes WRONG is worth the FUNNY!
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Funny Sometimes Worth Wrong
Getting to do my stand-up the way I have this summer is really what I’ve dreamed of since I was about 10 years old.
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Framed Getting Old Really
And then as I got older, see, I think a lot of times with comics, your life kind of permeates your act.
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Guy Laughing Thinking
I’m always the last one to the party, man. But that’s okay. I got there.
BILLY GARDELL

Last Man One Party
As a comic, I’ve heard gunshots while I’m trying to get to sleep. I’ve performed where people wanted to do you harm after the show because of something you said.
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People Sleep Trying
You need a wisecracking buddy standing next to you? That’s the role for me. You got the guys who are knock-down, drag-out handsome. That’s what people want to see. Let that guy be the hero. But there’s always a role for the Everyman.
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Buddy Guy Handsome Hero Next People Standing Wisecracking
Whatever is happening in your life is what’s going on on stage. So if you’re angry in your life, then that’s going to be on stage. If you’re looking for the guy that’s just going to make you laugh for an hour and forget about, that’s me.
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Angry Guy Hour Laugh Life Make Stage
The quickest way to defuse fear or insecurity or anger is usually humor. I think comics figure that out quickly, and, once you figure it out, you think, ‘Hey, if I can do this and get paid, that would be kind of cool.
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Decision Insecurity Quickest Thinking

I’m always the last one to the party, man. But that’s okay. I got there.

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