Bill Burr Quotes

Ok so there's no TV shows, no movies going on fine, but I love going on stage and performing stand up so my situation is a little better than someone who's strictly just an actor or actress.

I feel like so much of why I sort of want to work in television is so that people know to come see me live.

I always feel like you don't do comedy for the special - you do the specials so you can do comedy. That's like a commercial for people to come out and support the new shows.

I could see myself being on a TV show, but I think touring is something I'll always do.

I would love, obviously, just to keep doing stand-up. That's the constant. That's the thing that I'm going to do for the rest of my life, but also I would like a TV show at some point.

I did a show called 'What A Country,' with Yakov Smirnoff and Don Knotts. I used to write jokes for Yakov's stand-up act.

I feel like every time I go out, I want to do a good job. I want people to say that he's just as good at stand-up as he is in some of the movies I've seen him in, so I try to do the best every time I go out there.

I've been a live performer longer than I've been a television performer. For me, live is where it's at.

I really don't work a whole lot as far as touring, but I do stand-up every night of my life, no matter where I am.

I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO.

I do films which get me out of my comedian routine so that I don't get bored being a stand-up comedian. And with films, it's here today, gone tomorrow. So stand-up comedy is here to stay for me.

Stand-up will always come first. I've been doing it for 22 years, and nothing compares to that connection you have with the audience. It's euphoric.

Don't ever rope me in as a late-night talk show host. I don't want to be one.

Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every night.

I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.

I always wanted to be a comedian, but I wasn't sure how you do that.

When I got a part in 'All American Girl,' in 1994, I remember thinking, 'Now I have a series, I'm not going to need to do standup,' but every night I'd go out afterward and get onstage somewhere.

If I live to be 90, and I'm planning to, I'll always love performing for a live audience.

I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up. I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.

Performing live is easy in front of an audience.

If you are not on TV, you don't really exist. I want to bring my comedy to the world and tell my story to a bigger audience.

I think I probably would have gone into stand-up.

Stand-up is still my job. That is the thing I wanted to get into when I was 21. You cannot beat the immediacy of it, making people laugh without any interruptions or edits.

I've been doing stand-up since I was 19. There have been times I've had to step away because of my schedule, but now I'm able to go out and do theaters and not smoky little bars.

I didn't get an agent until after 'Last Comic Standing' - of course, getting on a show like that will get you attention.