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.
BO BURNHAMI’d really love to make something that doesn’t involve my stupid face.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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Laughter is the best medicine, y’know, besides medicine.
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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 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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“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.
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Do you guys like impressions? “Why?” That was Socrates.
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My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that’s a lovely addition.
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I believe, firmly, that women are always right. Ah, I should actually rephrase that: I… don’t.
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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 get more ass than a giant donkey stable.
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Postmodern comedy doesn’t work well with very old audiences, because it’s making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
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I have a pretty good math mind, so I can see patterns, but I don’t have a great ear. It’s like a tragedy – I can see so much more natural musical ability in so many other people.
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I know it’s the comedian’s instinct to say, “Do it, man, nothing’s off-limits! It’s cool, bro!” I don’t know if that’s the answer for me.
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Poverty. Racism. Isn’t it strange, only the homeless are begging for change?
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I just try to do things on stage that I think the audience would enjoy. And I try to draw on and add to acts that I’ve enjoyed watching.
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The classic comedian says there’s nothing that’s taboo; if you laugh at one thing you’ve got to laugh at everything, that comedy is taking people to dark areas and showing them the light.
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