Quotes from Todd Barry

I was probably just trying to be Dennis Miller, but without the vocabulary to actually be Dennis Miller. I guess I was just less interesting than I am now, if I am interesting at all.

I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it backfires.

I mean, I've had bartenders and waiters and waitresses make a comment about a joke of mine, like pointing out some sort of logic error or something that I've never even thought about, and they're right.

I mean, I guess I started during the comedy boom, so it was literally like, on Sunday you could decide you wanted to be a comic, and on Monday, you could be on stage.

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

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

There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake.

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

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

If I'm at a party and someone puts on a Blues Brothers tape, I tend to go nuts.

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

Well, I have since seen you at Tinkle. It's a comedy show started by David Cross, me and Jon Benjamin. It features a wide variety of acts for all tastes and seasons.

I once sat next to Jim from Wild Kingdom on a flight from Atlanta. I find mentioning that opens a lot of doors.

I liked the koala, wallaby, and I chilled with a kangaroo a bit. There was a wombat that I quite enjoyed also.

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

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

I mean, I guess I realized subconsciously that this is what I should be doing before I realized it, consciously. Verbally, I don't think I had committed to it, even though I was driving everywhere, every night, just trying to get on stage.

Only lately, like within the last few years, have I had people actually do an impression of me to me, which weirds me out to think of what they have picked up on, without ever realizing it myself.

You come there and hang out and have a drink before the show and eat, so it's not that brutal. It's only $6.

People in New York love having roof parties.

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

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

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

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