You love the people that give you money and attention? Of course you do, that’s not selfless that you love your fans, that’s ridiculous.
BO BURNHAMFor 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.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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I don’t try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple and on the surface.
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My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that’s a lovely addition.
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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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Squaring numbers are just like women. If they’re under thirteen, just do them in your head.
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I work really hard on the shows and I think the shows speak for themselves. I don’t want to construct the show to prove something.
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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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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 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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I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.
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Women are like fingers and toes because they’re easy to count on.
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I’m also wary about the fact that if you don’t proceed with caution and understand what you’re doing, you understand these things are realities that you’re dealing with, they’re real things.
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I know it’s the comedian’s instinct to say, “Do it, man, nothing’s off-limits! It’s cool, bro!” I don’t know if that’s the answer for me.
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Twitter is a lot like crystal meth, because it’s really fun to do and Oprah’s on it.
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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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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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