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Todd Barry

(1964) Actor United States

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Todd Barry is an actor from the United States, best known for Thank You for Coming to Hattiesburg.

Quick Facts About Todd Barry

Born: March 26, 1964
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Thank You for Coming to Hattiesburg

About Todd Barry

Todd Barry is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for his "bone-dry" and extremely sarcastic deadpan delivery. He grew up in Florida but lives in New York city where he was born. During the mid 1980s, Barry played drums with the indie rock band The Chant. His first Comedy Central special "Super Crazy" was aired in 2012 and since then he has released several other comedy albums, including his 2016 critically acclaimed and fan favourite "The Crowd Work Tour".

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Todd Barry

Sometimes they're all collectively thinking, "Wow, we're kinda a shitty audience," and then if you point it out, it's kinda like, "Hey,…

Audience

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I think people have this "It can't hurt to ask" mentality, which is true on some level. I get comics like, "Hey,…

Ask me

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I'd rather send out a mass email then hang posters all over the place

Email

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I like pens. My writing is so amazing there's never a need to erase

Erase

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I'm particularly proud of my reluctance to share my dreams with anyone.

Dream

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I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film

Cds

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I like Cilantro, but you don't have to.

Funny

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And the goal really is to make the audience laugh, to bring them some joy.

Audience

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I mean, I guess I realized subconsciously that this is what I should be doing before I realized it, consciously. Verbally, I…

Before

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I am the the type to have a personal experience with a celebrity, but I'm too classy to bring that up.

Personal experience

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The problem with a lot of comedy clubs is not that they are a comedy club; it's just the cheesy way they're…

Cheesy

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It was actually 3 years between albums. That seems like a long time to me

Albums

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You always think you're better than you are in the beginning.

Always

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It's cool to go to a place that has posters up and it's one night only. It feels more special.

Feels

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I basically did comedy there for about a year, and then moved to New York. If I had it to do over…

About

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I will not be misquoted!

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If you see me at a restaurant, blow me a kiss, wave, blow me another kiss, then walk five steps backward.

Blow

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I did end up doing substitute teaching, but there's not a lot of teaching involved in that.

Education

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I don't feel I'm even worthy of a normal amount of value.

Amount

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I don't really know much about pirates, or pirate culture. I'd be a contrarian pirate.

Culture

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Anyone who bombs is my friend.

Bombs

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I mean, I've always had scattered interests, but I never went on stage to get an agent or anything like that

Agents

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Buddha, much like everyone else has good and bad days.

Bad day

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There are certain things that are probably too mean. I don't particularly like fat jokes. Those kind of bother me. But I…

Bother

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I loved Australia. I was very successful there

Australia

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