When things start running a bit too well on the tracks, I tend to derail them if I can. Julian Barratt Read Quote
People can see that we are part of a tradition of absurd comedy, stretching from Spike Milligan and Peter Cook through to Monty Python and Vic Reeves. We’re not like Ricky Gervais’s hyper-real cringe comedy. We’re at the other end of the scale, but there’s room for the sillier stuff, too. Julian Barratt Read Quote
The profession is rife with fear about your age, about your validly, longevity, appearance. It’s vanity, and it’s hard to sort of avoid all those things; they come at you as an actor. Julian Barratt Read Quote
In comedy terms, usually when the weather’s bad, it goes much better. When it’s sunny, people don’t come to see comedy gigs because they’re all really happy and don’t need cheering up. Julian Barratt Read Quote
I can’t do jokes. I’ve always come from left field and tried to subvert conventional comedy. I started as a rebellion against that – albeit a very soft and surreal rebellion. It’s escapist. Julian Barratt Read Quote
