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.
BO BURNHAMI don’t want to try to recreate for no reason. Like, me in my bedroom, singing songs to a camera was a special thing that was at that time in my life. But I’m just not that kid. I like the format of it, but I want to be able to release things for free.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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Is there anything better than pussy? Yeah, a really good book.
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I’m friends with a lot of comedians, but we don’t talk about material. Most comedians I know don’t watch a lot of other comedy.
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When things [writing] are over, I always think, ‘well, I’m never going to do anything again because I have no ideas so I’m going to go be a farmer’. Or else ideas will come and and if not then I become a farmer. Hopefully won’t happen.
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We’re having a traditional Thanksgiving – turkey, mashed potatoes, hat buckles, smallpox, genocide, a blue corn moon, etc.
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Even if he is your friend, never, ever call an Asian person.
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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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Where are all the sour patch parents?
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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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Squaring numbers are just like women. If they’re under thirteen, just do them in your head.
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Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop’s another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you’re talking about how good a hip-hop artist you are. It’s like a painter painting a panting of himself painting a painting.
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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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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 don’t need anything as long as I have my family, friends, millions of dollars, unlimited pussy.
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Drugs kill, just like cancer. So don’t smoke… tumors.
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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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