We're so insecure, comedians. 'Did you laugh? Do you think I was funny?' — Julian Barratt Comedians Copy Share Image
Most stand-up is incredibly boring. It's time for people to do something else. — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
I love 'Airplane,' and I love 'Naked Gun' and all those films, where you're parodying. — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
Most comedians are borderline psychotic. It's what makes their work interesting. — Julian Barratt Comedians Copy Share Image
Pain - that is what life is about, isn't it? Suffering with moments of reprieve. — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
The secret of comedy is don't grow up. That's why some comedians are a nightmare, because they never grow up. — Julian Barratt Comedians Copy Share Image
Performers often can be quite socially inept, you know? And even great comedians are like that. — Julian Barratt Comedians Copy Share Image
I remember films I made at university, which are unbelievably pretentious. Poetry that I'd written that I delivered to camera, against a… — Julian Barratt Blind Copy Share Image
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 Comedy Copy Share Image
I always dreamt of being in 'Kerrang.' That was my ambition. I read that religiously when I was into heavy metal. Then… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
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… — Julian Barratt Comic Copy Share Image
It's strange, but something about lack of structure needs a structure itself. Otherwise, after a while, it's like looking at a Rothko… — Julian Barratt Architecture Copy Share Image
I want to do things or write things that make people feel a bit more beautiful or tragic or something because there… — Julian Barratt Beautiful Copy Share Image
Not really a good idea to eat things fans have made because you don't know what state of mind they were in… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
We just thought of 'Boosh' as an extension of our childhoods in a way, the stuff we had grown up on and… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
It's a weird profession, as I don't really consider myself an actor. I did at one point, and I went and started… — Julian Barratt Actor Copy Share Image
I like the countryside. I like chopping wood. I'd like to be a carpenter. — Julian Barratt Carpenter Copy Share Image
I write tragedies and things when I'm alone. Chekhovian dramas. — Julian Barratt Alone Copy Share Image
Adapting a book doesn't mean the book stops just because you've made a film out of it. — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
We used to have to convince people we were funny, and it didn't always work. — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
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… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
My dad wanted to be a musician, so when I started playing guitar, he was like, 'Go for it.' That is what… — Julian Barratt Comedy Copy Share Image
Writing can make you feel a bit psychotic. You create a world, and you're sitting inside it all day long, talking to… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
With the 'Boosh,' we were trying to do this strange, weird thing that had its own language and visual style, and it… — Julian Barratt Language Copy Share Image
I was going to be a jazz-fusion guitarist. I came to London at one point with my mate, and we were going… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
You don't need a high concept to make a great film, of course. 'Withnail & I' is not - it's probably not… — Julian Barratt Cinema Copy Share Image
If the 'Boosh' was a bit more of a specific thing, or less multi-limbed, we would probably have done it and moved… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
I thought I could see how standup worked. I never thought of being an actor - or anything else, really - but… — Julian Barratt Actor Copy Share Image
I did try and do some spooky stand up once, and some of my stand-up had - I tried to do some… — Julian Barratt Comedy Copy Share Image
Films do have suspense and tensions and scares and jumps, and I like to write things that have both in them, comedy… — Julian Barratt Balance Copy Share Image
We did have that, in the background of the character and the show, 'Mindhorn,' set on the Isle of Man, that every… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you write things that sound really great when you're at home but don't work when you shine the light of an… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
If you come away from a show thinking of an image, that's as good as remembering a joke. A lot of those… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
