I worked eight hours a day just so I could get into the college of my dreams and say that I got in – and I never went.
BO BURNHAMI actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost… my virginity.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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Poverty. Racism. Isn’t it strange, only the homeless are begging for change?
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In the distance, Bo saw a fairy. A fairy so beautiful that he felt proud of being called one in highschool.
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I love you just the way you are but you don’t see you like I do. You shouldn’t try so hard to be perfect. Trust me, perfect should try to be you.
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“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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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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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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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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At the time of ‘Words, Words, Words,’ I’m a 19-year-old getting up feeling like he’s entitled to do comedy and tell you what he thinks of the world, so that’s inherently a little bit ridiculous.
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I’m actually very open to having a conversation about what I should or shouldn’t say.
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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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Is there anything better than pussy? Yeah, a really good book.
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I remember being superyoung, like nine or ten years old, and thinking, ‘Man, I wonder what famous people eat for breakfast.
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When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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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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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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