I like to inject a bit of production value and flair to comedy, or at least to my little corner of comedy.
BO BURNHAMIf 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.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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I’d really love to make something that doesn’t involve my stupid 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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The classic comedian says there’s nothing that’s taboo; if you laugh at one thing you’ve got to laugh at everything, that comedy is taking people to dark areas and showing them the light.
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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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Is there anything better than pussy? Yeah, a really good book.
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How old is too old to stop believing in, like, the tooth fairy? Like 12? I’ve got a cousin who is 18… Yeah, still believes in gay marriage.
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Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.
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When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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I’m not a grown up until everybody realises I’m a grown up. When everyone remembers me as the dirty kid singing little songs I am the dirty little kid.
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And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.
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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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Quotes are for dumb people who can’t think of something intelligent to say on their own.
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I never felt like I was stealing anyone’s fans as much as I was introducing some younger people to comedy who will eventually find tons of other comedians that they love.
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I’m a stand up comic and I always sit and slouch, and I got my girlfriend pregnant on my sterile uncles pull-out couch.
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Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.
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