Bill Burr Quotes

I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself.

The only reason I write is that I feel I have to. Being the creator of a project puts me in a much better position to do the things I want to do.

I got into comedy because I wanted to get into writing.

I have always been the first on the dance floor. Before fame, people thought it made me a good laugh; now, people point and call me an attention seeker! I'm very aware of the way people can view me, but I'm very aware that I have to just enjoy my life.

I just want to produce and create projects that I'm passionate about and I love.

Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life.

You gotta make the movie you want to make.

Satisfying myself is the point in filmmaking, in my mind.

Doing makeup was a way to create characters, only I got tired of doing it for other people.

I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.

I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.

Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.

The first time I did stand-up I was 17, and I was really a stand-up once I was 19 in New York, and now I'm 41, and I still feel like I haven't found myself onstage. Earlier in my career, I was really tight, really together, and knew who I was and I was confident.

I write for myself; I release the albums to connect with everyone else.

I've suffered from an identity crisis my entire life. It's why I went into acting.

Music I do just for me.

Acting is such a huge part of my life. It really allows me to have a creative outlet and to actually be able to have an outlet to discuss openly the things that truly I think are relevant in the world, that make a difference.

I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.

I'm actually living my life with the material I choose to work with.

Even if nobody cared, I'm still gonna make music.

In a perfect world, I would be a painter. I love working with my hands. I don't get to do it as much as I like, but I am finding a way to make more time as life goes on because it's a really great outlet for me to express myself.

I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life.

The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life.

I realize as I get older that stand-up is a huge part of who I am. I think I'll do it for the rest of my life.

I want everything to be an honest extension of me. What better way than me talking? It's a direct connection with everyone. With film and television, you make great projects, but stand-up is the thing that is completely yours.