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?
BO BURNHAMI do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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Quotes are for dumb people who can’t think of something intelligent to say on their own.
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Because I see that as a crutch sometimes and I want to know that I can do something funny and worthwhile without that. And also make a show that my parents would like and that kids could watch with their parents.
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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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It’s not most important to communicate myself on stage as it is to be as funny or interesting as I possibly can on stage.
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I don’t need anything as long as I have my family, friends, millions of dollars, unlimited pussy.
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Women are like puzzles because prior to 1920 neither had the right to vote. Puzzles still don’t.
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Women are like fingers and toes because they’re easy to count on.
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I’m not a grown up until everybody realises I’m a grown up. When everyone remembers me as the dirty kid singing little songs I am the dirty little kid.
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How old is too old to stop believing in, like, the tooth fairy? Like 12? I’ve got a cousin who is 18… Yeah, still believes in gay marriage.
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I think comedy has a range, with multiple peaks in different areas. It’s like trying to compare Beethoven and the Beatles. Sometimes I hear from people, ‘I think you try too hard in your comedy.’ And that’s what I worry about.
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If your belief is hateful towards people, I couldn’t respect that.
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Even if he is your friend, never, ever call an Asian person.
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I think controversy has this allusion of being controversial but it’s totally not, which is why I’m trying to get away from it because it’s just easy and automatic.
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If comedy is about surprises, about tension, there’s a lot of tension and surprise there, in the fact that people are expecting this to be natural.
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I’m actually very open to having a conversation about what I should or shouldn’t say.
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