Julian Barratt Quotes

You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well. It was probably years before I was confident enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about, the way I wanted to talk about them.

Stand-up is not something that you're good at right away. You have to do it a ton. But, I think I got to shave a year off because I didn't have to get over stage fright.

You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well.

The really good stand up comedians can be angry but relatable, and they have interestingly humanizing personalities. Their observational skills are far greater than mine, so I'll just stick to reading lines off a page.

The success of any stand-up act comes out of life experience.

I started by doing a little funny story, and then I started going to open mics. I realized I had a lot of work to do - you have to get over the stage fright and get your stage presence up. It took me some time, but I finally feel that I'm at a point where I feel comfortable on stage and giving my point of view.

I need to keep my ad-libbing skills honed and make sure I'm able to banter with people and treat topics a bit more light-heartedly. But as a stand-up, first and foremost, my job is to make sure that I can write the routine that hopefully people will talk about when something big happens.

In my early years doing standup, I bombed a lot.

I started doing stand-up in college.

I tend to a lot of improvisational ranting, and that's fun. For me, stand-up has been, performance-wise, a really good outlet.

I wouldn't call myself a standup in the presence of Jerry Seinfeld or Chris Rock, but I do my share of it and it has been and remains part of my activity and I like it.

If you are doing stand-up comedy, you have to be confident in what you are doing. That doesn't mean just because you are confident you are funny.

I don't have a specific plan except for as long as people want to listen to me talk, I'm going to keep talking. I can't imagine a life without doing standup.

If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb; I would be trying too hard.

I never want to give up stand-up. Because I still get a thrill out of it.

Stand-up. It's the only place I'm comfortable.

I don't really do stand-up.

All I ever wanted to do was stand-up. It kind of charges me and gives me a rush.

I had no desire to get up onstage and tell jokes. I prefer to stand next to really funny people.

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'd been doing standup since college.

If you want to do standup, you have to go on stage. That's the only way to get good - stage times.

Stand-up, I find it really difficult. It's not really my thing.

When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.

The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That makes stand-up comedy unique: you need a tremendous amount of reserve within you to take the rejection from the audience, and without it, you can't do anything.