I've done interviews in the past where, apparently, I didn't give the journalist any eye contact. I'm a bit shy, yes. I've… — Julian Barratt Done Copy Share Image
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… — Julian Barratt Enjoy Copy Share Image
Pain - that is what life is about, isn't it? Suffering with moments of reprieve. — Julian Barratt About Copy Share Image
I ran off stage at my first gig. Halfway through it, I forgot my lines and didn't know what to do, so… — Julian Barratt Building Copy Share Image
Comedians are not well people. Well people are not drawn to creating. — Julian Barratt Comedians Copy Share Image
I've been a horror fan pretty much in the sense that my sense of horror and my sense of humor were both… — Julian Barratt Horror 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
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
It's not immediately categorisable. I don't know what to say when anyone asks what the 'Boosh' is. — Julian Barratt Anyone 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 Bad Copy Share Image
For me, there's no dichotomy between being shy or a performer, because I think it's more a way of slightly presenting a… — Julian Barratt I think 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 Great Copy Share Image
Me and Noel went to HBO once and pitched this really ludicrous idea about us driving around in a haunted car, and… — Julian Barratt Car Copy Share Image
I liked horror and comedy, basically, from a young age, but I just ended up getting into comedy because there was -… — Julian Barratt Age Copy Share Image
This business is ephemeral, and you have to maintain a healthy cynicism about it. There's a 'flavour of the month' aspect to… — Julian Barratt Business 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 Background 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 Death 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 Done Copy Share Image
