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> [I thought I could see how standup worked. I never thought of being an actor - or anything else, really - but I thought, 'I can see how you get on stage and tell jokes.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/i-thought-i-could-see-how-standup-worked-i-never-thought-of-being-an/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

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## More by Julian Barratt

> [People can see that we are part of a tradition of absurd comedy, stretching from Spike Milligan and Peter Cook through to Monty Python…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/people-can-see-that-we-are-part-of-a-tradition-of-absurd-comedy/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

> [I want to create a world where all the rules are different. It should be magical to enter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/i-want-to-create-a-world-where-all-the-rules-are-different-it-should/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

> [We're so insecure, comedians. 'Did you laugh? Do you think I was funny?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/we-re-so-insecure-comedians-did-you-laugh-do-you-think-i-was-funny/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

> [Sport doesn't do anything for me. And I don't do anything for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/sport-doesn-t-do-anything-for-me-and-i-don-t-do-anything-for-it/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/the-profession-is-rife-with-fear-about-your-age-about-your-validly/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

> [The secret of comedy is don't grow up. That's why some comedians are a nightmare, because they never grow up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/the-secret-of-comedy-is-don-t-grow-up-that-s-why-some-comedians-are-a/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

> [I don't do stand-up anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/i-don-t-do-stand-up-anymore/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

> [I want to do things or write things that make people feel a bit more beautiful or tragic or something because there are so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/i-want-to-do-things-or-write-things-that-make-people-feel-a-bit-more/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

> [I remember films I made at university, which are unbelievably pretentious. Poetry that I'd written that I delivered to camera, against a Venetian blind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/i-remember-films-i-made-at-university-which-are-unbelievably/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

> [Writing can make you feel a bit psychotic. You create a world, and you're sitting inside it all day long, talking to people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/writing-can-make-you-feel-a-bit-psychotic-you-create-a-world-and-you/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

> [I like the countryside. I like chopping wood. I'd like to be a carpenter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/i-like-the-countryside-i-like-chopping-wood-i-d-like-to-be-a-carpenter/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

> [I could say I'm a writer or that I'm a musician but I don't really do music; I do music to go with things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/i-could-say-i-m-a-writer-or-that-i-m-a-musician-but-i-don-t-really-do/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

> [I was in a band called Groove Solution. Because there was a groove crisis, and we solved it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/i-was-in-a-band-called-groove-solution-because-there-was-a-groove/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

> [We should send a load of bad celebrities to colonise Mars. They would have to mate in space, and then their children would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/we-should-send-a-load-of-bad-celebrities-to-colonise-mars-they-would/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

> [The acting life can be quite scary, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barratt/the-acting-life-can-be-quite-scary-really/)

[Julian Barratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barratt/)

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