I met a bipolar bear. He laughed, cried, then wanted a threesome.
BO BURNHAMThen 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,
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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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Twitter is a lot like crystal meth, because it’s really fun to do and Oprah’s on it.
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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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Drugs kill, just like cancer. So don’t smoke… tumors.
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I actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost… my virginity.
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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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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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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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Quotes are for dumb people who can’t think of something intelligent to say on their own.
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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’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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I always wanted to be a comedian and actor. I basically stumbled into the music medium, though. I’m OK, but that’s about it. I like to think I’m good enough not to negatively affect the performance.
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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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If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I’d still say no.
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For some comedians it feels so cool to be like: ‘I’ll say anything, man!’. I’m not quite there yet.
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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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When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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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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And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.
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If Jesus can walk on water, can he swim on land?
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For fifteen cents a day you can feed an African, they eat pennies.
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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 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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Laughter is the best medicine, y’know, besides medicine.
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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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I don’t need anything as long as I have my family, friends, millions of dollars, unlimited pussy.
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