Adapting a book doesn't mean the book stops just because you've made a film out of it. Julian Barratt More Quotes by Julian Barratt More Quotes From Julian Barratt I can't do jokes. I've always come from left field and tried to subvert conventional comedy. I started as a rebellion against that - albeit a very soft and surreal rebellion. It's escapist. Julian Barratt alwaysrebellionjokescomedy When you're really laughing, you feel like a little kid, and nothing matters. Julian Barratt nothingfeellikeyou I miss quite major cultural signposts quite often. Julian Barratt culturalquitemissoften 'Galaxy Quest' is a fantastic film. Julian Barratt questfantasticgalaxyfilm Life without music would be a mistake. Julian Barratt withoutmusicmistakelife The profession is rife with fear about your age, about your validly, longevity, appearance. It's vanity, and it's hard to sort of avoid all those things; they come at you as an actor. Julian Barratt youappearanceagefear 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. Julian Barratt betterhappyweatherpeople We're so insecure, comedians. 'Did you laugh? Do you think I was funny?' Julian Barratt laughthinkyoufunny I ran off stage at my first gig. Halfway through it, I forgot my lines and didn't know what to do, so I just ran out of the building down towards a lake. I was going to throw myself in, but the compere came out and said, 'No, it's going well, come back and finish the gig!' Julian Barratt downmyselfknowbuilding The secret of comedy is don't grow up. That's why some comedians are a nightmare, because they never grow up. Julian Barratt grow-upgrownevercomedy We used to have to convince people we were funny, and it didn't always work. Julian Barratt alwaysworkfunnypeople Sport doesn't do anything for me. And I don't do anything for it. Julian Barratt sportanythingme I am a man who dreams of culture. Julian Barratt i-amdreamsmanculture We have a need to make people laugh at things they'd never thought about, make them laugh at things that aren't logical. Julian Barratt laughneverthoughtpeople People can see that we are part of a tradition of absurd comedy, stretching from Spike Milligan and Peter Cook through to Monty Python and Vic Reeves. We're not like Ricky Gervais's hyper-real cringe comedy. We're at the other end of the scale, but there's room for the sillier stuff, too. Julian Barratt endcomedytraditionpeople It's good to give people a jolt. If they're expecting one thing, it's important to give them something else. If you do something startling, audiences might at first freak out, but then they start to think, 'This is not going to be conventional. I'm going to enjoy this.' Julian Barratt goodyouenjoypeople This business is ephemeral, and you have to maintain a healthy cynicism about it. There's a 'flavour of the month' aspect to it, so you have to keep moving on and mutating. Julian Barratt youmoving-onbusinessmoving Most stand-up is incredibly boring. It's time for people to do something else. Julian Barratt somethingboringtimepeople I'm always trying to do anything between comedy and horror. Julian Barratt alwayscomedyhorrortrying I want to create a world where all the rules are different. It should be magical to enter. Julian Barratt rulescreatewantworld
