Bo Burnham on faces
Bo Burnham61 quotes“I’d really love to make something that doesn’t involve my stupid face.”
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I actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost… my virginity.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham 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.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham 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.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Women are like puzzles because prior to 1920 neither had the right to vote. Puzzles still don’t.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham 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.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham There’s a metal train that a mile long and at the very back end a lightning bolt struck her. How long til it reaches and kills the driver, provided that he’s a good conductor?
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Was Einstein’s theory good? Relatively.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Then the challenge is, once you left brain it and build it, then when you’re on stage you have to know it so well that you can get lost in it. I don’t want to be onstage looking like a robot,
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham 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.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham 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.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham People give me money and I don’t know why, my real collection plate is an empty cup held by a homeless guy.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham I do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham 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.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Postmodern comedy doesn’t work well with very old audiences, because it’s making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I’d still say no.
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They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on faces
The only competition you will ever face is with your own ignorance.
Bob ProctorBob Proctor The most outrageous thing happened years ago in my YouTube days, when I asked an older lady – it was like a sexually flavored question and she just slapped me full-on across the face. That’s the one time someone got physically aggressive with me. And it hurt.
Billy EichnerBilly Eichner She had been born with a face that would let her get away, he saw that face and he lost all control.
Bob SegerBob Seger I am pre-disposed to try and show the conflict; the regret; the less-than-perfect choices that any human faces. That’s what I like and it seems to be what the camera likes to see me do.
Bill Oberst Jr.Bill Oberst Jr. Isn’t it sad how some people’s grip on their lives is so precarious that they’ll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
Bill WattersonBill Watterson You have to face reality some time. But there’s no sense in facing it until somebody forces you to.
Billy BeaneBilly Beane People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
Bill CrawfordBill Crawford
