I don’t like calling myself a “feminist” only because I don’t think I’ve done anything active enough to call myself one. It’d be like calling myself a civil rights activist just because I’m not racist.
BO BURNHAMMy persona is most importantly just to communicate the material in a way that is most funny and meaningful in the moment. It’s more like a character that’s sculpted for whatever joke needs communicating at the moment.
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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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I actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost… my virginity.
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I work really hard on the shows and I think the shows speak for themselves. I don’t want to construct the show to prove something.
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For fifteen cents a day you can feed an African, they eat pennies.
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And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.
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I have a pretty good math mind, so I can see patterns, but I don’t have a great ear. It’s like a tragedy – I can see so much more natural musical ability in so many other people.
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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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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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All you god damn dirty Catholics can cath-o-lick my balls.
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Do you guys like impressions? “Why?” That was Socrates.
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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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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 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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Because I see that as a crutch sometimes and I want to know that I can do something funny and worthwhile without that. And also make a show that my parents would like and that kids could watch with their parents.
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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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