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It’s been a dream to work with Netflix because they don’t have any pressure from advertisers.

Bill Burr

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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Fans People Thinking
Michael Price is the showrunner so nobody works harder than him.
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Hard Nobody Work Harder
I started having a panic attack seeing my name in that list of people. It was pretty overwhelming.
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Attack Overwhelming Panic Sudden
If this goes into sweatshop labor, I’m quitting this podcast.
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Labor Quitting Sweatshops
You’ll be laying there fantasizing about sleeping on a futon. There’s no risk when you go after a dream. There’s a tremendous amount to risk to playing it safe.
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Fantasizing Play Safe Sleep Tremendous
Being a stand-up comic, this isn’t a stepping-stone for me; it’s what I do, and this is what I’m always going to do. And even if I do a TV show, the only reasons to do a TV show is to get more people to know me to come out to my stand-up shows.
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People Shows Stones Television
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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Crowds Happened Tuesday
I am so pro-swine flu it’s – it’s like ridiculous.
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Flu Ridiculous Swine
Haven’t you noticed that every time the government f-ks up McDonald’s has a new sandwich?
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Government Mcdonalds Sandwiches
Working on the Dave Chappelle show was amazing.
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Dave Shows Working
Realize that sleeping on a futon when you’re 30 is not the worst thing. You know what’s worse, sleeping in a king bed next to a wife you’re not really in love with but for some reason you married, and you got a couple kids, and you got a job you hate.
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Dream Jobs Kings Love Things Worst
There is a very difficult period in a comedian’s career – it’s that window of time where you’re good enough to draw tickets but nobody knows you yet.
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Career Comedian Ticket
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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Filling Kids Thinking
[I’m] more German than Irish.
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Country Irish More
I’m one of those guys where you know, I’m 23 years into this and I love the road more than ever and rather than whittling down my schedule to just play the major cities.
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Cities Play Years
If you try to deliver a funny line in a funny way, it comes out as wacky and you ruin the scene.
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Lines Trying Way

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