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.
BO BURNHAMI’m also wary about the fact that if you don’t proceed with caution and understand what you’re doing, you understand these things are realities that you’re dealing with, they’re real things.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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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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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I think controversy has this allusion of being controversial but it’s totally not, which is why I’m trying to get away from it because it’s just easy and automatic.
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And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.
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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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Is there anything better than pussy? Yeah, a really good book.
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When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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I believe, firmly, that women are always right. Ah, I should actually rephrase that: I… don’t.
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Bitches and hoes don’t exist because the hoes know Bo’s a feminist.
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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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I’ve been doin’ drive-bys all of my life. Except the bullets are newspapers, the car is my bike.
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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.
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I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.
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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.
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