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It’s just if one person says anything it becomes click bait and then they start talking about the comedy climate which is hilarious, so no.

Bill Burr

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’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
I’m trying to pay off my apartment so I have something tangible. I actually figured out if I paid off my place my reward would be that I would pay an extra four grand a year in taxes.
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Apartment Paid Something Taxes Trying
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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Done Gauges Media
Surround yourself with positive people. Also, be a positive person. Root for people. Somebody else’s success is not your failure.
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People Roots Surround Yourself
A lot of my fears and anxieties are the fears and anxieties of a six-year-old boy. When I finally confront them, they’re really small.
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Anxiety Boys Years
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
It’s a whole new world as far as getting a show on the air. There’s good things and bad things.
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Air Good Things World
I’m like that loud guy in the bar, who kind of makes sense for about ten minutes, and then you realise he flunked everything at high school so you just laugh at him.
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Everything Flunked High Minutes School Taught
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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Experience Heart Liberal Show Worried
If this goes into sweatshop labor, I’m quitting this podcast.
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Labor Quitting Sweatshops
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
Once you do a joke and it works it’s only good for so long, like shooting fish in a barrel.
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Barrels Long Shooting
Business runs hot and cold so the more you’re in charge of your own destiny, the better off you are.
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Cold Destiny Hot Running
For aspiring comedians? Don’t listen to me. Just go on stage and do what you think is funny.
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Comedian Goes Thinking
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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Jobs Monday People

It’s just if one person says anything it becomes click bait and then they start talking about the comedy climate which is hilarious, so no.

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It’s just if one person says anything it becomes click bait and then they start talking about the comedy climate which is hilarious, so no.

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