Julian Barratt Quotes

My ideal setting is I walk from the streets, backstage, and straight onto the stage. Two minutes, and I am on the stage. That way, in my head I have gone from my world and then into a social setting with my friends.

I've realized that I can do performances.

You have to open up on stage.

The more you perform and get out there, I guess the more practice you have at it and the better you are and the more comfortable you are on stage.

There's just something about being on stage and being with the people that, once that camera turns on, you find the strength to keep it cool, look good, act like you're not cold, act like you ain't nervous, act like you aren't scared. I think that comes with confidence and practice.

I've done a lot of stage in my life, but I never had to dominate a stage for three hours.

Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every night.

I've got to be comfortable when I'm on stage.

I think it's really, really good for me to be on stage once a year. It keeps your chops good. There's nothing else like it.

I am comfortable performing now. I love it!

I'm getting to a point where everything is becoming streamlined in my life. I'm learning how to stand onstage for two hours and play in front of thousands of people as if I am completely in the moment every moment.

I feel real confidence in working on the stage.

There's no real preparing at home for stand-up. You just go and you just do it.

Being on stage a lot is quite physical.

I've always been excited at the idea of performing a solo show.

When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff, or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?

For me, performing isn't really particularly difficult.

I'm not very good at being a performing monkey.

I started by doing a little funny story, and then I started going to open mics. I realized I had a lot of work to do - you have to get over the stage fright and get your stage presence up. It took me some time, but I finally feel that I'm at a point where I feel comfortable on stage and giving my point of view.

As much as we like to pretend we're just getting on stage and whatever, it's like, no, I practiced in front of the mirror my whole life.

I think I'm getting more and more experience playing on big stages, and I think that's going to help me with everything.

Stand up is the most stressful, and hosting and presenting a show has its own stresses, because you've got an audience which you've got to entertain as well as an audience at home.

Performing live was something that I had to really work at.

Audiences have taught me how to sing better and entertain better.

I study entertainment and apply it to myself to one day become the greatest WWE superstar we have, and it's a lot of work. So I write jokes and material every day... you have to keep people's attention, one way or another.