75 Quotes by Julian Barratt

Pain - that is what life is about, isn't it? Suffering with moments of reprieve.

In comedy terms, usually when the weather's bad, it goes much better. When it's sunny, people don't come to see comedy gigs because they're all really happy and don't need cheering up.

Comedians are not well people. Well people are not drawn to creating.

We're so insecure, comedians. 'Did you laugh? Do you think I was funny?'

I'm not very funny at all in real life.

I miss quite major cultural signposts quite often.

I'm not a natural comic, I don't think. That's why I gave up stand-up. It was hard. It involved a lot of death. Dying. Dying on stage. But it's one of those jobs you can only learn by doing it.

I want to do things or write things that make people feel a bit more beautiful or tragic or something because there are so many other things than just funny.

The secret of comedy is don't grow up. That's why some comedians are a nightmare, because they never grow up.