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.
BO BURNHAMI’ve been doin’ drive-bys all of my life. Except the bullets are newspapers, the car is my bike.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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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When I see someone filming me, I don’t usually think, ‘No, man, don’t put this up online!’ I’d think, ‘Hey man, you don’t get to go to shows very often, put down the camera and enjoy it!’ I love going to theatre and to shows so much.
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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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I’m interested in taboos for certain reasons. They can dramatise things and they’re scary, and they’re important to think about.
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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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And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.
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It’s not most important to communicate myself on stage as it is to be as funny or interesting as I possibly can on stage.
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I’d really love to make something that doesn’t involve my stupid face.
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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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My first concern is that when you go to a show, you should be present. It’s much more exciting to put the camera down and lose yourself in it.
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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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Love is all about… whistles.
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Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop’s another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you’re talking about how good a hip-hop artist you are. It’s like a painter painting a panting of himself painting a painting.
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If Jesus can walk on water, can he swim on land?
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