Laughter's good, but it's not love. It's one aspect. One emotion you're eliciting from your audience. — Julian Barratt Audience Copy Share Image
I find the pressure to be funny when you're being interviewed live - quite intense. — Julian Barratt Being 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 Come Copy Share Image
I can't do jokes. I've always come from left field and tried to subvert conventional comedy. I started as a rebellion against… — Julian Barratt Always 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
When things start running a bit too well on the tracks, I tend to derail them if I can. — Julian Barratt I can Copy Share Image
When you're really laughing, you feel like a little kid, and nothing matters. — Julian Barratt Feel Copy Share Image
Most stand-up is incredibly boring. It's time for people to do something else. — Julian Barratt Boring 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
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 Laugh Copy Share Image
Sometimes it takes you two or three seconds to get your head round a joke and laugh at it. With a snot-bubble… — Julian Barratt Joke 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 Back Copy Share Image
With something that's not based just in comedy, you can be a bit weirder in a slightly realistic way. — Julian Barratt Based Copy Share Image
I think with performing, initially I was terrified on stage, absolutely terrified. And I did it again and again and again, and… — Julian Barratt Again Copy Share Image
My dad listened to a load of jazz - Mahavishnu, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock. — Julian Barratt Dad 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 Children 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 write tragedies and things when I'm alone. Chekhovian dramas. — Julian Barratt Alone Copy Share Image
We used to have to convince people we were funny, and it didn't always work. — Julian Barratt Always 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
I don't like talking about myself; I'm not good at analysing myself. I don't want to analyse myself. — Julian Barratt About Copy Share Image
