If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I’d still say no.
BO BURNHAMI remember being superyoung, like nine or ten years old, and thinking, ‘Man, I wonder what famous people eat for breakfast.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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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Postmodern comedy doesn’t work well with very old audiences, because it’s making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
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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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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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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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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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Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.
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I think comedy has a range, with multiple peaks in different areas. It’s like trying to compare Beethoven and the Beatles. Sometimes I hear from people, ‘I think you try too hard in your comedy.’ And that’s what I worry about.
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I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.
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And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.
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Poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make.
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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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I like to inject a bit of production value and flair to comedy, or at least to my little corner of comedy.
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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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There’s a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that’s a bit blurred in my mind.
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