There’s a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that’s a bit blurred in my mind.
BO BURNHAMYou love the people that give you money and attention? Of course you do, that’s not selfless that you love your fans, that’s ridiculous.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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I’m interested in taboos for certain reasons. They can dramatise things and they’re scary, and they’re important to think about.
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I love you just the way you are but you don’t see you like I do. You shouldn’t try so hard to be perfect. Trust me, perfect should try to be you.
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I love you like a gay geneticist loves designer genes.
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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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And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.
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If your belief is hateful towards people, I couldn’t respect that.
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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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For some comedians it feels so cool to be like: ‘I’ll say anything, man!’. I’m not quite there yet.
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I just think they aren’t true. I’m saying that our generation wants stuff that is substantial and challenging, as well as thoughtful and endearing. Well, I don’t know if I’m doing that, but I’m trying.
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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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Do you guys like impressions? “Why?” That was Socrates.
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I met a bipolar bear. He laughed, cried, then wanted a threesome.
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I think the love-hate is fundamental. Everyone hates reality television, and everyone’s watching it. Everyone hates Facebook, and everyone is on it.
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I do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage.
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I actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost… my virginity.
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