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 BURNHAMThe 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.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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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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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I saw a giraffe with a short neck That was sad Or a deer
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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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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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If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I’d still say no.
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Love is all about… whistles.
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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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The strange thing with Wikipedia is that the first article that ever gets written about you will define your Wikipedia page forever.
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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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Postmodern comedy doesn’t work well with very old audiences, because it’s making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
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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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Laughter is the best medicine, y’know, besides medicine.
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And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.
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