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’ve been doin’ drive-bys all of my life. Except the bullets are newspapers, the car is my bike.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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My persona is most importantly just to communicate the material in a way that is most funny and meaningful in the moment. It’s more like a character that’s sculpted for whatever joke needs communicating at the moment.
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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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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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People do complain about the way I act on stage… They think on stage I act too arrogant, too self-obsessed, solecistic, self-contained, synonyms.
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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 met a bipolar bear. He laughed, cried, then wanted a threesome.
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Laughter is the best medicine, y’know, besides medicine.
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Was Einstein’s theory good? Relatively.
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When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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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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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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The average person has one Fallopian tube.
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Women are like fingers and toes because they’re easy to count on.
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If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I’d still say no.
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If Jesus can walk on water, can he swim on land?
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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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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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I love you like a gay geneticist loves designer genes.
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The 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.
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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’m happy with what I’m doing. I try not to focus on how I’ve changed. I just try to focus on what I’m doing now.
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The biggest danger, for me, with making yourself your act is that a lot of people with think they know you for better or worse. That’s an ongoing struggle with me and it can get really trippy sometimes.
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I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.
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They must have some special kind of cereal!’ My mind was so warped by the idea of fame.
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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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What’s a pirate minus the ship? just a creative homeless guy
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