“Do I really want to make a joke about a miscarriage when a woman in the audience might have had one?” I don’t worship comedy; at the end of the day I don’t fall to the altar of comedy unquestioningly.
BO BURNHAMThe world doesn’t need any more hot chicks or tough guys or smooth talkers – the world needs more you. And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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People give me money and I don’t know why, my real collection plate is an empty cup held by a homeless guy.
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Poverty. Racism. Isn’t it strange, only the homeless are begging for change?
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Was Einstein’s theory good? Relatively.
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I worked eight hours a day just so I could get into the college of my dreams and say that I got in – and I never went.
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The thing is, I was on YouTube like the golden era, I think. Before ads came in, it was really cool back then.
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When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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I never felt like I was stealing anyone’s fans as much as I was introducing some younger people to comedy who will eventually find tons of other comedians that they love.
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I thought I wanted to be a physicist in high school until I learned that there was much more math than philosophy in it. I assumed I would just sit around all day and think.
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The strength of comedy is I don’t have to answer to anybody but sometimes you want to learn from other people and see your ideas strengthen by other people.
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Twitter is a lot like crystal meth, because it’s really fun to do and Oprah’s on it.
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Bitches and hoes don’t exist because the hoes know Bo’s a feminist.
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For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.
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I always wanted to be a comedian and actor. I basically stumbled into the music medium, though. I’m OK, but that’s about it. I like to think I’m good enough not to negatively affect the performance.
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I’m bored way too easily. I’m staring at screens half the day. I need to be overstimulated. And how will that express itself artistically?
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I don’t want to try to recreate for no reason. Like, me in my bedroom, singing songs to a camera was a special thing that was at that time in my life. But I’m just not that kid. I like the format of it, but I want to be able to release things for free.
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