I want to do things or write things that make people feel a bit more beautiful or tragic or something because there are so many other things than just funny. Julian Barratt Read Quote
I’m not a natural comic, I don’t think. That’s why I gave up stand-up. It was hard. It involved a lot of death. Dying. Dying on stage. But it’s one of those jobs you can only learn by doing it. Julian Barratt Read Quote
Me and Noel went to HBO once and pitched this really ludicrous idea about us driving around in a haunted car, and they just stared at us. Literally stared at us! It was awful. Luckily, we were together, so we could laugh about it, but if we were on our own, it would have been one of the worst moments ever. Julian Barratt Read Quote
With something that’s not based just in comedy, you can be a bit weirder in a slightly realistic way. Julian Barratt Read Quote
We should send a load of bad celebrities to colonise Mars. They would have to mate in space, and then their children would be sent back to Earth in 50 years’ time. Julian Barratt Read Quote
Sometimes, you write things that sound really great when you’re at home but don’t work when you shine the light of an audience on them. Great writing and live writing are two separate things. Julian Barratt Read Quote
Not really a good idea to eat things fans have made because you don’t know what state of mind they were in when they made them. Julian Barratt Read Quote
You don’t need a high concept to make a great film, of course. ‘Withnail & I’ is not – it’s probably not much on paper, but it’s one of the funniest films ever made. Julian Barratt Read Quote
I could say I’m a writer or that I’m a musician but I don’t really do music; I do music to go with things I’m developing. Then I do act in a few things, but I’m not really an actor. I’m not a comedian, but I am known for comedy. I just don’t know. I feel like I’m a slightly interdisciplinary jack of all trades. Julian Barratt Read Quote
