What would you rather be? 52 and look 52, or 52 and look like a 28-year-old lizard? Bill Burr More Quotes by Bill Burr More Quotes From Bill Burr If I get married I get a tax break, if I have a kid I get a tax break, if I get a mortgage I get a tax break. I don't have any kids and I drive a hybrid, I think I should get a tax break. I'm trying to pay off my apartment so I have something tangible. I actually figured out if I paid off my place my reward would be that I would pay an extra four grand a year in taxes. Bill Burr kidsyearsthinking Your twenties is all about taking your childhood out on everyone that you run into. Bill Burr childhoodrunningfunny It's just if one person says anything it becomes click bait and then they start talking about the comedy climate which is hilarious, so no. You know what it is? People are adults and they know they're at a comedy show but every once in a while somebody isn't an adult and then for some reason, you know, it's lazy reporting. They're trying to create this thing that isn't happening. It's not like people go in there and are just sitting with laptops open getting ready to blog about every stupid joke. Bill Burr stupidtalkingpeople There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio - I don't know that guy. Bill Burr ohiobrotherfunny I actually had the urge to elbow an elderly lady today. Bill Burr elderlyelbowstoday A lot of my fears and anxieties are the fears and anxieties of a six-year-old boy. When I finally confront them, they're really small. Bill Burr anxietyboysyears I'm not easy to live with. My wife is a saint. Bill Burr saintwifeeasy Pitbulls are like a gun you can pet. Bill Burr gunpet If you get a chance to go outside of the country, you start examining where you're from and some of the thought processes. 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. Bill Burr eastchancecountry It's a great time to be a comedian because you've got so much more control. You can say what you want to. I think in the old days with the studio system the performer was a bit of an afterthought. You can be a wildcard on the internet. But if you put something on the internet once it's out there it's out there for life. Bill Burr comedianwantthinking I'm one of those guys where you know, I'm 23 years into this and I love the road more than ever and rather than whittling down my schedule to just play the major cities, I've actually expanded the amount of places that I go to because I want to see a bunch of stuff. You know, plan it as I can while I'm still young enough to travel. Bill Burr citiesplayyears I was painfully shy when I was younger but at some point you've gotta grow up. I think the genius in the man-boy thing is you tap into a woman's motherly instincts. Bill Burr growing-upboysthinking Any other town you go to there's this little devil and a little angel on your shoulder. A little good advice, a little bad advice.You go to Las Vegas, there's like a devil and a devil and they're just battling it out the whole time. It's like, "Smoke some crack!" "Get a hooker!" And then I go, "YEA! Yea, this is a good town. Smoke some crack and get a hooker! Alright!" Bill Burr vegasangelfunny I'm one of those guys like whatever the situation is, as long as people are cool and everybody is trying to be funny, I have a good time. Bill Burr guylongpeople I think the fear of humiliating yourself on stage always motivates me to give at least 90 percent. I've definitely been guilty of leaning on the mic stand, but you can only do that so long before you're like, "Jesus, I'm bombing." The fact that people pay to come see me, that's really just out the window. Bill Burr givingjesusthinking I used to always work in, like, warehouses, because if my boss gave me a rough time, I could just get on a forklift and just, like, drive away from him. Bill Burr rough-timesbossused Do you know how many times a week people ask me why I'm yelling? Bill Burr yellingweekpeople I love making movies, and being in any that I can be in. I'd like to be in those giant movies, as the fifth or sixth lead, and have three or four killer scenes. You don't have the responsibility of the entire movie being on you. I like those roles. I'm shooting for the middle. Bill Burr shootingrolesresponsibility You have no idea how long a year is until you’re stone sober. Bill Burr longyearsideas Before I even knew what stand up was, I tried to make people laugh at school because that was how I made friends, so I think that's how I got drawn into comedy and obviously I was just some kid at school being silly, so the first time I saw a professional comedian and how smooth and funny the person was I totally got into standup and I would say obviously Richard Pryor was the guy. He's the greatest of all time and then George Carlin, Sam Kinison, Bill Cosby. It's so weird to bring up his name now but leaving out his off-stage antics... you could learn a lot from him. Bill Burr sillykidsschool
