I’m interested in taboos for certain reasons. They can dramatise things and they’re scary, and they’re important to think about.
BO BURNHAMI feel more like I’m doing a play whose main character just happens to share my name.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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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What’s that? My six song album entitled Bo Fo Sho is currently available on iTunes? With three songs that have never been heard on the internet? Uh, and if I try to pirate it for free I’ll get AIDS? I would have guessed scurvy. Well, see you later ghost of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.
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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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Laughter is the best medicine, y’know, besides medicine.
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I saw a giraffe with a short neck That was sad Or a deer
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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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Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.
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I feel more like I’m doing a play whose main character just happens to share my name.
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I’d really love to make something that doesn’t involve my stupid face.
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Where are all the sour patch parents?
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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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All you god damn dirty Catholics can cath-o-lick my balls.
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Love is all about… whistles.
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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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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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