I think the love-hate is fundamental. Everyone hates reality television, and everyone’s watching it. Everyone hates Facebook, and everyone is on it.
BO BURNHAMBitches and hoes don’t exist because the hoes know Bo’s a feminist.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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Even if he is your friend, never, ever call an Asian person.
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Do you guys like impressions? “Why?” That was Socrates.
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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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There’s a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that’s a bit blurred in my mind.
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Women are like puzzles because prior to 1920 neither had the right to vote. Puzzles still don’t.
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I never said I was funny, OK, so stop staring at me.
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My first concern is that when you go to a show, you should be present. It’s much more exciting to put the camera down and lose yourself in it.
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I’m a stand up comic and I always sit and slouch, and I got my girlfriend pregnant on my sterile uncles pull-out couch.
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The classic comedian says there’s nothing that’s taboo; if you laugh at one thing you’ve got to laugh at everything, that comedy is taking people to dark areas and showing them the light.
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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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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.
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I feel more like I’m doing a play whose main character just happens to share my name.
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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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I don’t want to try to recreate for no reason. Like, me in my bedroom, singing songs to a camera was a special thing that was at that time in my life. But I’m just not that kid. I like the format of it, but I want to be able to release things for free.
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How old is too old to stop believing in, like, the tooth fairy? Like 12? I’ve got a cousin who is 18… Yeah, still believes in gay marriage.
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People give me money and I don’t know why, my real collection plate is an empty cup held by a homeless guy.
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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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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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I’m interested in taboos for certain reasons. They can dramatise things and they’re scary, and they’re important to think about.
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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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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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I got a safe full of cherries ’cause I pop it and lock it.
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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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Women are like fingers and toes because they’re easy to count on.
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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.
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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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