If you try to deliver a funny line in a funny way, it comes out as wacky and you ruin the scene.
Bill BurrOnce you do a joke and it works it's only good for so long, like shooting fish in a barrel.
Bill BurrI 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 BurrWell probably the coolest show of that whole tour was in Germany. I had a chunk of material on [Adolf] Hitler, and I was worried about how they'd react, but they loved it.
Bill BurrThe whole city [Manchester] just a real rock music vibe. It reminded me a lot of where I'm from.
Bill BurrLondon was like that too. It was that time of year when all the rich kids with the oil money have their cars shipped over. Some of the most beautiful cars I've ever seen - with the worst paint jobs! It was just this hilarious, disgusting display of wealth. The shamelessness of it. To be that shameless about your money when you're a guest in a country was astounding to me. But I saw the humor in it.
Bill Burr