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.
BO BURNHAMWhen life gets you down, make a comforter!
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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,
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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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We’re having a traditional Thanksgiving – turkey, mashed potatoes, hat buckles, smallpox, genocide, a blue corn moon, etc.
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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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And if ten percent of men are gay and twenty percent of men are Chinese, what are the odds that a men chosen at random spends his free time and mealtime while on his knees.
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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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If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I’d still say no.
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The average person has one Fallopian tube.
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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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I just try to do things on stage that I think the audience would enjoy. And I try to draw on and add to acts that I’ve enjoyed watching.
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I met a bipolar bear. He laughed, cried, then wanted a threesome.
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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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Bitches and hoes don’t exist because the hoes know Bo’s a feminist.
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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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