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.
BO BURNHAMI don’t like calling myself a “feminist” only because I don’t think I’ve done anything active enough to call myself one. It’d be like calling myself a civil rights activist just because I’m not racist.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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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Is there anything better than pussy? Yeah, a really good book.
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I always wanted to be a comedian and actor. I basically stumbled into the music medium, though. I’m OK, but that’s about it. I like to think I’m good enough not to negatively affect the performance.
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There’s a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that’s a bit blurred in my mind.
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Poverty. Racism. Isn’t it strange, only the homeless are begging for change?
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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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I got a safe full of cherries ’cause I pop it and lock it.
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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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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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Postmodern comedy doesn’t work well with very old audiences, because it’s making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
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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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All you god damn dirty Catholics can cath-o-lick my balls.
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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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Women are like puzzles because prior to 1920 neither had the right to vote. Puzzles still don’t.
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If your belief is hateful towards people, I couldn’t respect that.
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