A biography for Todd Barryhasn’t been written yet.
“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 mean, I've had bartenders and waiters and waitresses make a comment about a joke of mine, like pointing out some sort of logic error or something that I've never even thought about, and they're right.”
“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'd rather send out a mass email then hang posters all over the place.”
“People in New York love having roof parties.”
“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.”
“I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be when I started.”
“You come there and hang out and have a drink before the show and eat, so it's not that brutal. It's only $6.”
“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.”
“I am the the type to have a personal experience with a celebrity, but I'm too classy to bring that up.”
“I had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it.”
“I did end up doing substitute teaching, but there's not a lot of teaching involved in that.”
“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.”
“It's cool to go to a place that has posters up and it's one night only. It feels more special.”
“I must have done everything I had. You go through years where you go through everything you've ever written.”
“I loved Australia. I was very successful there.”
“I guess there seems to be clubs opening up again, which is strange.”
“I do not like sports, unless you consider treating all humankind with love and respect a sport.”
“I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians.”
“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.”