I never felt like I was stealing anyone’s fans as much as I was introducing some younger people to comedy who will eventually find tons of other comedians that they love.
BO BURNHAMPeople do complain about the way I act on stage… They think on stage I act too arrogant, too self-obsessed, solecistic, self-contained, synonyms.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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I think it’s using people, I think it’s like encouraging something that’s unhealthy, telling people you love them. “I love you.” Oh really, you love your fans?
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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 know it’s the comedian’s instinct to say, “Do it, man, nothing’s off-limits! It’s cool, bro!” I don’t know if that’s the answer for me.
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Poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make.
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I love you just the way you are but you don’t see you like I do. You shouldn’t try so hard to be perfect. Trust me, perfect should try to be you.
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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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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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All you god damn dirty Catholics can cath-o-lick my balls.
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I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.
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Where are all the sour patch parents?
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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 actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost… my virginity.
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Laughter is the best medicine, y’know, besides medicine.
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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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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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