I’m interested in taboos for certain reasons. They can dramatise things and they’re scary, and they’re important to think about.
BO BURNHAM“Do I really want to make a joke about a miscarriage when a woman in the audience might have had one?” I don’t worship comedy; at the end of the day I don’t fall to the altar of comedy unquestioningly.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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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Twitter is a lot like crystal meth, because it’s really fun to do and Oprah’s on it.
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If your belief is hateful towards people, I couldn’t respect that.
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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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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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The average person has one Fallopian tube.
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The world doesn’t need any more hot chicks or tough guys or smooth talkers – the world needs more you. And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Where are all the sour patch parents?
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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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What’s a pirate minus the ship? just a creative homeless guy
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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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Squaring numbers are just like women. If they’re under thirteen, just do them in your head.
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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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And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.
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I remember being superyoung, like nine or ten years old, and thinking, ‘Man, I wonder what famous people eat for breakfast.
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