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I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.

Bo Burnham

It’s not most important to communicate myself on stage as it is to be as funny or interesting as I possibly can on stage.
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Character Names Play
I thought I wanted to be a physicist in high school until I learned that there was much more math than philosophy in it. I assumed I would just sit around all day and think.
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Math Philosophy School
There’s a metal train that a mile long and at the very back end a lightning bolt struck her. How long til it reaches and kills the driver, provided that he’s a good conductor?
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Country Funny Humor Long Met People
The strange thing with Wikipedia is that the first article that ever gets written about you will define your Wikipedia page forever.
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Firsts Forever Wikipedia
“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.
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Audience Awordship Comedy Unwquestiongly
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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Favors Littles Thinking
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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Bored Half Needs Overstimulated Scene
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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About Caution Real Things Understand
Laughter is the best medicine, y’know, besides medicine.
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Best Laughter Medicine
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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Fall Know Men Miscarriage
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
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
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
I think comedy has a range, with multiple peaks in different areas. It’s like trying to compare Beethoven and the Beatles. Sometimes I hear from people, ‘I think you try too hard in your comedy.’ And that’s what I worry about.
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People Thinking Worry
Poverty. Racism. Isn’t it strange, only the homeless are begging for change?
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Funny Humor Poverty Racism
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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Eras Golden Thinking

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