For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.
BO BURNHAMIt’s not most important to communicate myself on stage as it is to be as funny or interesting as I possibly can on stage.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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Where are all the sour patch parents?
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When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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All you god damn dirty Catholics can cath-o-lick my balls.
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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’m gay for Jesus, fill me with your grace. Pour your love all over me, but please aim away from my face.
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I think the love-hate is fundamental. Everyone hates reality television, and everyone’s watching it. Everyone hates Facebook, and everyone is on it.
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Twitter is a lot like crystal meth, because it’s really fun to do and Oprah’s on it.
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Love is all about… whistles.
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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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People do complain about the way I act on stage… They think on stage I act too arrogant, too self-obsessed, solecistic, self-contained, synonyms.
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Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.
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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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Squaring numbers are just like women. If they’re under thirteen, just do them in your head.
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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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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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