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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.

Bill Burr

Like when I finally got away from the east coast for a while, and I came back there was just this underlying anger that I never noticed before, because I was born there and just dropped right into it.
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Away Dropped Noticed Right
I enjoy collaborating with other people.
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Collaborating Enjoy People
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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Generations Next Wish
I was scared to death because for the comics of my generation, HBO specials are like the pinnacle. I’m thinking of all these unbelievable comedians I’ve seen on HBO: Chris Rock, George Carlin, Damon Wayans, Richard Pryor and Billy Crystal.
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People Rocks Teeth Thinking
Working on the Dave Chappelle show was amazing.
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Dave Shows Working
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
There is no reason to hit a woman. And I was just like, really? I could give you, like, 17 right off the top of my head.
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Giving Head Reason
I never wanted to spend a month away from my life. One time I was out on the road for three weeks in a row and I when I came back someone had broken into my apartment and the water had evaporated from the toilet.
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Broken Three Water
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
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
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
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
Carnegie Hall is as good as they say it is. It’s not like Stonehenge which looks great in books but then you go there and it’s a pile of rocks next to a highway. There’s actually a highway right next to it, but you don’t see that in pictures.
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Book Looks Rocks
[I’m] more German than Irish.
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Country Irish More
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
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

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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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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