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Postmodern comedy doesn’t work well with very old audiences, because it’s making fun of the comedy they enjoy.

Bo Burnham

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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Comedy Levels Unexpected
The biggest danger, for me, with making yourself your act is that a lot of people with think they know you for better or worse. That’s an ongoing struggle with me and it can get really trippy sometimes.
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Strong Struggle Thinking
Quotes are for dumb people who can’t think of something intelligent to say on their own.
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Funny Humor Intelligent
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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Lovely People Trying
I’m happy with what I’m doing. I try not to focus on how I’ve changed. I just try to focus on what I’m doing now.
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Changed Focus Happy Try Trying
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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Camera Down And Firsts
My persona is most importantly just to communicate the material in a way that is most funny and meaningful in the moment. It’s more like a character that’s sculpted for whatever joke needs communicating at the moment.
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Character Meaningful Way
I met a bipolar bear. He laughed, cried, then wanted a threesome.
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Bears Beliefs Bipolar Mets
I’m interested in taboos for certain reasons. They can dramatise things and they’re scary, and they’re important to think about.
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Interested Real Scary Thinking
Was Einstein’s theory good? Relatively.
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Funny Humor Theory
If you can think of all the times in your life, some of the happiest times were probably when you were laughing. And some of the worst times in your life you were being laughed at.
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Laughing Thinking Worst Time
I’d really love to make something that doesn’t involve my stupid face.
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Faces Something Stupid
When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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Comforter Funny Humor
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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Comedy Facts People
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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Hate Love Person Reality Thinking
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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Country Men People Theatre Thinking
If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I’d still say no.
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Funny Guy Humor
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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Endearing Generation Just Say Sustainable Trying
Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.
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Bible Jesus Kindness
I actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost… my virginity.
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Funny Humor School
I love you like a gay geneticist loves designer genes.
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Designer Funny Humor Love You
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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Art Aware Comedy Self Song
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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Ideas Thinking Writing
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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Answers Ideas People
I think it’s using people, I think it’s like encouraging something that’s unhealthy, telling people you love them. “I love you.” Oh really, you love your fans?
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Encourage Fan Love Really Something Unhealthy
And if ten percent of men are gay and twenty percent of men are Chinese, what are the odds that a men chosen at random spends his free time and mealtime while on his knees.
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Country Funny Gay Humor Meet Time
Love is all about… whistles.
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