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.
BO BURNHAMI 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.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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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Laughter is the best medicine, y’know, besides medicine.
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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 worked eight hours a day just so I could get into the college of my dreams and say that I got in – and I never went.
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Drugs kill, just like cancer. So don’t smoke… tumors.
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Quotes are for dumb people who can’t think of something intelligent to say on their own.
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Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.
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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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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’m bored way too easily. I’m staring at screens half the day. I need to be overstimulated. And how will that express itself artistically?
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I always wanted to be a comedian and actor. I basically stumbled into the music medium, though. I’m OK, but that’s about it. I like to think I’m good enough not to negatively affect the performance.
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Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.
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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.
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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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Is there anything better than pussy? Yeah, a really good book.
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