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Like most comics, I tried to come up with a sitcom idea that was based around my life. And it didn’t work out. But maybe because it didn’t work out, that’s why I ended up on ‘Breaking Bad;’ I don’t know.

Bill Burr

As a big music fan, England is an amazing place to go.
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Amazing Fans Places
[I’m] more German than Irish.
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Country Irish More
When I was coming up the DC Improv was considered the best Improv out there. It’s always been high quality stuff coming out of there.
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Coming Out Quality Stuff
Being a comedian is an incredible thing, but it can be scary sometimes.
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Comedian Scary Sometimes
Michael Price is the showrunner so nobody works harder than him.
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Hard Nobody Work Harder
If you get a chance to go outside of the country, you start examining where you’re from and some of the thought processes.
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Chance Country East
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
If this goes into sweatshop labor, I’m quitting this podcast.
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Labor Quitting Sweatshops
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
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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Astounding Ever Greatest Republican Seen
Actually they [ Netflix] were telling us to push it further and I’ve never gotten a nod like that from anybody in the industry, so it’s been awesome to work with them. I’m very happy where we’re at.
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Happy Industry Netflix Very
My favorite kind of humor is basically, if it was happening to you, it wouldn’t be funny, but to observe it, it’s hilarious.
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Favorite Happening Kind
Something that’s going to get the blood going. Or you can let those thoughts take you right down the rabbit hole.
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Issue Rabbit Role Something Though Women
I wasn’t the good looking guy, I wasn’t the hot chick, I wasn’t the fat guy, I didn’t have a catchphrase, I didn’t wear a silly hat. I was just trying to improve as a comedian.
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Comedian Guy Silly
My parents have a ridiculous work ethic; my dad just works, works, works, works, works. I think it would be hard to find a guy who’s logged more hours than that guy.
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Dad Ethic Thinking Work
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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Country Done Native Thinking

Like most comics, I tried to come up with a sitcom idea that was based around my life. And it didn’t work out. But maybe because it didn’t work out, that’s why I ended up on ‘Breaking Bad;’ I don’t know.

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Like most comics, I tried to come up with a sitcom idea that was based around my life. And it didn’t work out. But maybe because it didn’t work out, that’s why I ended up on ‘Breaking Bad;’ I don’t know.

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