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I love making movies, and being in any that I can be in. I'd like to be in those giant movies, as the fifth or sixth lead, and have three or four killer scenes. You don't have the responsibility of the entire movie being on you. I like those roles. I'm shooting for the middle.

~Bill Burr

Topics: Any Being Entire Fifth Four Giant Killer Lead Like Love Making Making Movies Middle Movie Movies Responsibility Roles Scenes Shooting Sixth Those Three You I Love I Can

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You have to understand how bad I wanted to be a comedian, how much I loved doing it. I still can't believe I get to do this for a living and have people come up and want to see me.

~Bill Burr

Topics: Bad Believe Come Comedian Doing Get How How Much Living Loved Me Much People See Still Understand Up Want Wanted You

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I still remember the first gig where I got people going, it was Rascals in New Jersey, and the place was packed. I was scared. People were expecting me to be funny. I gotta be honest, every time I walk into a club, it's that same fear.

~Bill Burr

Topics: Club Every Every Time Expecting Fear First Funny Gig Going Got Gotta Honest Jersey Me New New Jersey Packed People Place Rascals Remember Same Scared Still Time Walk Were Where

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If I can sell out clubs and theaters and play dirtbags in movies, and get blown up in a car or get the crap beat out of me in a movie, that's good for me; I'm good.

~Bill Burr

Topics: Beat Blown Car Clubs Crap Get Good Me Movie Movies Out Play Sell Theaters Up I Can

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Stand up comedy is this thing you get to do, so you have to treat it with respect. You can't just be like, 'Alright, I got my hour down, people are coming to see me now. Now, I'm going to lean on the mike stand.' No, you gotta work even harder now. You got to top what you already did. Because they'll find someone else.

~Bill Burr

Topics: Alright Because Comedy Coming Did Down Else Even Find Get Going Got Gotta Harder Hour Just Just Be Lean Like Me Mike Now People Respect See Someone Stand Stand Up Thing Top Treat Up Work You

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For us, a lot of the cartoon and crazy stuff on 'F Is for Family' is tertiary characters; it happens on the television in the show. We try to keep whatever problem the Murphy family is dealing with rooted as much as we can in reality.

~Bill Burr

Topics: Cartoon Characters Crazy Dealing Family Happens Keep Lot Much Murphy Problem Reality Rooted Show Stuff Television Try Us Whatever

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I have friends in this business who put pictures of their kids on Facebook. That's not something I would do.

~Bill Burr

Topics: Business Facebook Friends Kids Pictures Put Something Who Would

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Look how long it took to build the Freedom Tower, and we wanted that. It took 15 years.

~Bill Burr

Topics: Build Freedom How Long Look Took Tower Wanted Years

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The word 'ranting' is kind of overused now. Literally, if you just talk about a subject for 30 seconds or more, even if you never raised your voice, if I just talk about it, it's called a rant.

~Bill Burr

Topics: About Even Just Kind Literally More Never Now Raised Rant Seconds Subject Talk Voice Word You Your

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To me, 'rant' was ranting and raving. So to me, it's heightened. emotional flipping out, frothing at the mouth. Where I grew up, that was a rant. I don't consider what I'm doing ranting.

~Bill Burr

Topics: Consider Doing Emotional Flipping Grew Me Mouth Out Rant Raving Up Where

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: June 10th, 1968

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