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" 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. "

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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 don't think I had committed to it, even though I was driving everywhere, every night, just trying to get on stage. "

Todd Barry

Driving

Night

Think

" There's people that are just in awe of what you do, and then there are people who just think it's garbage. And I think there are people who are just uncomfortable seeing someone have fun with their job. "

" I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic understands what it is and its importance, but someone else may not know about it. "

Todd Barry

Thought

Know

" I guess there seems to be clubs opening up again, which is strange. "

Todd Barry

Opening

Again

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

" I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians. "

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

Todd Barry

Involved

Teaching

" 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. "

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

Todd Barry

Comedy

Sake

" I basically did comedy there for about a year, and then moved to New York. If I had it to do over again, I would have booked myself on the road for at least a year. "

" I must have done everything I had. You go through years where you go through everything you've ever written. "

Todd Barry

Years

You

" Anyone who bombs is my friend. "

" I loved Australia. I was very successful there. "

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

Todd Barry

Wild

Flight

" Some venues are better run than others. Sometimes it's just maddening to deal with full dinners being served in front of your face. You can have a good or bad show anywhere. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I'm traveling the world, ripping rooms apart with my stupendous comedy. "

" I got access to a private tour of the zoo. I got to go in a cage with a koala, which I highly recommend. "

Todd Barry

Tour

Got

" I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable. "

" People in New York love having roof parties. "

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

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

" I've never been a TV junkie. I remember watching Letterman way back when he had a morning show. "

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

" I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be when I started. "

" I would call it a comedy variety show. We have some people just doing straight standup. We usually try to have one musical act of sort. So its just people being funny in different ways, not just sketch, not just standup, not just characters, all of those things. "

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