Being a comedian is an incredible thing, but it can be scary sometimes.
BILL BURRI 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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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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London was like that too. It was that time of year when all the rich kids with the oil money have their cars shipped over.
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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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You know, it wasn’t even that I’m a funny guy, I just loved stand-up comedy and I wanted to do it. It was one of the few things in my life that I knew I was going to be able to do, and I also felt as though I’d be able to do it the way I wanted to do it.
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I do enjoy them. I get to meet the next generation of comics and help them out. Big comics doing small shows was something that used to happen a lot more back in the day. I wish there was more of that.
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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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I was certified to take x-rays, but you can’t just show up and start cleaning people’s teeth.
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I’ve battled with that type of stuff, but what I’ve found is that by doing stand-up, I’ve actually learned about depression and how to combat it. I don’t have clinical, but I’ve definitely had my bouts with it.
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Pitbulls are like a gun you can pet.
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I actually had the urge to elbow an elderly lady today.
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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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The only time I get sick of making people laugh is when I’m in a non-writing-joke mode, and I just can’t seem to come up with anything new that’s funny. That’s a tough place to be as a comedian.
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I started having a panic attack seeing my name in that list of people. It was pretty overwhelming.
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You know what a cubicle basically says? It basically says, like, ‘You know what? We don’t think you’re smart enough for an office, but we don’t want you to look at anybody.
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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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