“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.
BO BURNHAMI 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.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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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The average person has one Fallopian tube.
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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.
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I never said I was funny, OK, so stop staring at me.
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I just try to do things on stage that I think the audience would enjoy. And I try to draw on and add to acts that I’ve enjoyed watching.
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I met a bipolar bear. He laughed, cried, then wanted a threesome.
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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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I got a safe full of cherries ’cause I pop it and lock it.
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Love is all about… whistles.
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They must have some special kind of cereal!’ My mind was so warped by the idea of fame.
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If Jesus can walk on water, can he swim on land?
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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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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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The world doesn’t need any more hot chicks or tough guys or smooth talkers – the world needs more you. And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Even if he is your friend, never, ever call an Asian person.
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