“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.
BO BURNHAMIf I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I’d still say no.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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Is there anything better than pussy? Yeah, a really good book.
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My persona on stage was always coming from a place of I know better than you and I’m going to be a little bit pretentious in your face with these sort of crass ideas.
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Love is all about… whistles.
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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 worked eight hours a day just so I could get into the college of my dreams and say that I got in – and I never went.
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What’s a pirate minus the ship? just a creative homeless guy
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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?
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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’m gay for Jesus, fill me with your grace. Pour your love all over me, but please aim away from my face.
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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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Then the challenge is, once you left brain it and build it, then when you’re on stage you have to know it so well that you can get lost in it. I don’t want to be onstage looking like a robot,
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I like to inject a bit of production value and flair to comedy, or at least to my little corner of comedy.
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My first concern is that when you go to a show, you should be present. It’s much more exciting to put the camera down and lose yourself in it.
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I work really hard on the shows and I think the shows speak for themselves. I don’t want to construct the show to prove something.
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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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