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.
BO BURNHAMI’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?
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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Poverty. Racism. Isn’t it strange, only the homeless are begging for change?
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“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.
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Drugs kill, just like cancer. So don’t smoke… tumors.
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Then the challenge is, once you left brain it and build it, then when you’re on stage you have to know it so well that you can get lost in it. I don’t want to be onstage looking like a robot,
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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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Postmodern comedy doesn’t work well with very old audiences, because it’s making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
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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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Women are like fingers and toes because they’re easy to count on.
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Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.
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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 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 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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When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.
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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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