The biggest danger, for me, with making yourself your act is that a lot of people with think they know you for better or worse. That’s an ongoing struggle with me and it can get really trippy sometimes.
BO BURNHAMI’d really love to make something that doesn’t involve my stupid face.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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 remember being superyoung, like nine or ten years old, and thinking, ‘Man, I wonder what famous people eat for breakfast.
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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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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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Women are like fingers and toes because they’re easy to count on.
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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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They must have some special kind of cereal!’ My mind was so warped by the idea of fame.
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I’ve been doin’ drive-bys all of my life. Except the bullets are newspapers, the car is my bike.
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If comedy is about surprises, about tension, there’s a lot of tension and surprise there, in the fact that people are expecting this to be natural.
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Do you guys like impressions? “Why?” That was Socrates.
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I’m friends with a lot of comedians, but we don’t talk about material. Most comedians I know don’t watch a lot of other comedy.
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I like to inject a bit of production value and flair to comedy, or at least to my little corner of comedy.
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When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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What’s a pirate minus the ship? just a creative homeless guy
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Drugs kill, just like cancer. So don’t smoke… tumors.
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