Poverty. Racism. Isn’t it strange, only the homeless are begging for change?
BO BURNHAM“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.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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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I’m also wary about the fact that if you don’t proceed with caution and understand what you’re doing, you understand these things are realities that you’re dealing with, they’re real things.
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And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.
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Women are like fingers and toes because they’re easy to count on.
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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 love you like a gay geneticist loves designer genes.
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The thing is, I was on YouTube like the golden era, I think. Before ads came in, it was really cool back then.
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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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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 met a bipolar bear. He laughed, cried, then wanted a threesome.
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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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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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When I see someone filming me, I don’t usually think, ‘No, man, don’t put this up online!’ I’d think, ‘Hey man, you don’t get to go to shows very often, put down the camera and enjoy it!’ I love going to theatre and to shows so much.
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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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