Poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make.
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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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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I’d really love to make something that doesn’t involve my stupid face.
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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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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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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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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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My persona on stage was always coming from a place of I know better than you and I’m going to be a little bit pretentious in your face with these sort of crass ideas.
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I don’t need anything as long as I have my family, friends, millions of dollars, unlimited pussy.
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I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.
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I’m not a grown up until everybody realises I’m a grown up. When everyone remembers me as the dirty kid singing little songs I am the dirty little kid.
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Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop’s another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you’re talking about how good a hip-hop artist you are. It’s like a painter painting a panting of himself painting a painting.
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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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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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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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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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