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.
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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Quotes are for dumb people who can’t think of something intelligent to say on their own.
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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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The average person has one Fallopian tube.
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Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.
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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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Where are all the sour patch parents?
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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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I think controversy has this allusion of being controversial but it’s totally not, which is why I’m trying to get away from it because it’s just easy and automatic.
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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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Poverty. Racism. Isn’t it strange, only the homeless are begging for change?
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Postmodern comedy doesn’t work well with very old audiences, because it’s making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
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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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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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People do complain about the way I act on stage… They think on stage I act too arrogant, too self-obsessed, solecistic, self-contained, synonyms.
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Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.
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