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Quotes from Bill Burr

I can't quite remember who I voted for president. It wasn't Trump or Hillary, though. I didn't like either one of them.
~ Bill Burr
I've been guilty of being in the writers' room and going too dark; other people have gone too wacky and zany.
~ Bill Burr
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
The first night you walk down to a comedy club, at least for me, I had my voice, and then I went on stage and I lost it.
~ Bill Burr
Rich people never go to war. You ask a college kid to go to war, and he's like, 'Umm, I'm taking this sociology class, and I think war is, like, really stupid, and my roommate's, like, half Afghani, so it's going to cause some static.'
~ Bill Burr
Gold diggers are the wife beaters of men!
~ Bill Burr
And Donald Trump? That man literally has people shouting the n word at his rallies and he doesn't address it, which is astounding to me. He's a terrible person.
~ Bill Burr
God's everywhere, but I gotta go down (to church) to see him? Really? And he's mad at me down there, and I owe you money?
~ Bill Burr
Oh look, an ATM! Ok, here we go! I lost all my money, now what do I do? Get a gun! Rob a casino! Good idea! Look at all the lights! This is beautiful.
~ Bill Burr
Pitbulls are like a gun you can pet.
~ Bill Burr
People should be happy to see you when you show up to a club because you're a good person. And stop caring about what the industry is "looking for". Just say what you think is funny. .
~ Bill Burr
It's a whole new world as far as getting a show on the air. There's good things and bad things.
~ Bill Burr
When I watch 'Breaking Bad,' my stomach is in knots.
~ Bill Burr
I think some people really change when they become a dad. Like, I've changed in different ways. I - but, like, my comedy hasn't changed. And I've also seen people do that where you become this - you become a dad, and then all of a sudden, you're trying to be a role model.
~ Bill Burr
Patrice O'Neal is the best comic I ever saw.
~ Bill Burr
People focus too much on whether there's a Democrat or a Republican in office. It's not like this guy Kim-Jong Un got into power the second Trump got into power. It's not like he wasn't a problem. It's not like we haven't had warmongers. It's not like corporations haven't been the main influence on what we're doing around the world.
~ Bill Burr
I've battled with that type of stuff, but what I've found is that by doing stand-up, I've actually learned about depression and how to combat it. I don't have clinical, but I've definitely had my bouts with it.
~ Bill Burr
I have this weird sort of Gemini thing where I can really be empathetic and a loving person. But if you piss me off, I can be one of the meanest, most sadistic people.
~ Bill Burr
I have friends in this business who put pictures of their kids on Facebook. That's not something I would do.
~ Bill Burr
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
Surround yourself with positive people. Also, be a positive person. Root for people. Somebody else's success is not your failure.
~ Bill Burr
I used to think you had to live this miserable life and that that would make you funnier, but you don't. The misery will come. The misery will find you.
~ Bill Burr
You start in bars and then restaurants, then you want to get into comedy clubs where you feature, then you headline, and once you sell out clubs you're into theaters. I've been able to get there, and it's cool to do that.
~ Bill Burr
I gotta be honest with you. I'm kind of jealous of the way my dad gets to talk to my mom sometimes. Where are all those old-school women you can just take your day out on? When did they stop making those angels?
~ Bill Burr