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.
BO BURNHAMAt 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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Even if he is your friend, never, ever call an Asian person.
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Poverty. Racism. Isn’t it strange, only the homeless are begging for change?
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Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.
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All you god damn dirty Catholics can cath-o-lick my balls.
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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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For fifteen cents a day you can feed an African, they eat pennies.
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My persona is most importantly just to communicate the material in a way that is most funny and meaningful in the moment. It’s more like a character that’s sculpted for whatever joke needs communicating at the moment.
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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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Women are like puzzles because prior to 1920 neither had the right to vote. Puzzles still don’t.
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I think comedy has a range, with multiple peaks in different areas. It’s like trying to compare Beethoven and the Beatles. Sometimes I hear from people, ‘I think you try too hard in your comedy.’ And that’s what I worry about.
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I’m bored way too easily. I’m staring at screens half the day. I need to be overstimulated. And how will that express itself artistically?
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The strength of comedy is I don’t have to answer to anybody but sometimes you want to learn from other people and see your ideas strengthen by other people.
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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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I actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost… my virginity.
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I love you like a gay geneticist loves designer genes.
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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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The average person has one Fallopian tube.
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I have a pretty good math mind, so I can see patterns, but I don’t have a great ear. It’s like a tragedy – I can see so much more natural musical ability in so many other people.
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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 don’t want to try to recreate for no reason. Like, me in my bedroom, singing songs to a camera was a special thing that was at that time in my life. But I’m just not that kid. I like the format of it, but I want to be able to release things for free.
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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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I 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.
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I never said I was funny, OK, so stop staring at me.
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If your belief is hateful towards people, I couldn’t respect that.
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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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