Bo Burnham Quotes - Page 4

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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.

  Bo Burnham

  Thinking, Comedian, Actors

  "Nonfamily Humor, Straight From Home". Interview with Joseph P. Kahn, archive.boston.com. February 13, 2008.

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• I've been doin' drive-bys all of my life. Except the bullets are newspapers, the car is my bike.

  Bo Burnham

  Car, Bullets, Newspapers

  Song: 3.14 Apple Pi

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• I thought I wanted to be a physicist in high school until I learned that there was much more math than philosophy in it. I assumed I would just sit around all day and think.

  Bo Burnham

  Philosophy, School, Math

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. December 20, 2013.

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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.

  Bo Burnham

  Real, People, Giving

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• Comedy should be a source of positivity. I don't want to bully people, and I don't want people to come to my show to feel terrible about something. I'm actually very open to having a conversation about what I should or shouldn't say.

  Bo Burnham

  Positivity, People, Bully

  Source: www.popmatters.com

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• I've found nothing but support and generosity from older comics. I think comedians are a lot nicer than the stigma is, at least from my experience.

  Bo Burnham

  Thinking, Generosity, Support

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• And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.

  Bo Burnham

  Funny, Humor, Two

  Song: New Math, Album: Bo Burnham

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• Humour is often linked to shared experience. Like, a guy gets up and says, "Have you noticed public restrooms have really inefficient hand-dryers?" Oh my God, yes I have, hahaha, really
  good point, they should... fix that. It's good to know that somebody finally gets me!

  Bo Burnham

  Funny, Humor, Hands

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• Bitches and hoes don't exist because the hoes know Bo's a feminist.

  Bo Burnham

  Hoe, Feminist, Knows

  Song: Words, Words, Words, Album: Words Words Words, 2010

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• Even if he is your friend, never, ever call an Asian person.

  Bo Burnham

  Asian, Persons, Ifs

  Song: Haikus Sonnet Shakespeare, Album: Words Words Words, 2010

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• I've found, across the board, that comedians have been very respectful and kind to me. And that seems to stem from the fact that they are just respectful and kind people in general. Comedians get a bad rap for being dark and anti-social I think.

  Bo Burnham

  Rap, Dark, Thinking

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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. I try to be strong about it and assure myself that only my close friends and family can really pass judgement on me personally, but it's impossible to not let it get to you.

  Bo Burnham

  Strong, Struggle, Thinking

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. December 19, 2013.

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• Drugs kill, just like cancer. So don't smoke... tumors.

  Bo Burnham

  Funny, Cancer, Humor

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• I'm a stand up comic and I always sit and slouch, and I got my girlfriend pregnant on my sterile uncles pull-out couch.

  Bo Burnham

  Funny, Girlfriend, Uncles

  Song: Ironic, Album: Words Words Words, 2010

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• Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy.

  Bo Burnham

  Fun, Comedy, Enjoy

  "Bo Burnham: 'I'm honest - for two minutes'". Interview with Brian Logan, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2010.

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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.

  Bo Burnham

  Song, Dirty, Kids

  Source: thelatest.co.uk

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• I believe, firmly, that women are always right. Ah, I should actually rephrase that: I... don't.

  Bo Burnham

  Funny, Believe, Humor

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• And an anteater plus a large hungry mutant ant? An ironic way to die.

  Bo Burnham

  Funny, Humor, Ironic

  Song: New Math, Album: Bo Burnham

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• I think the comedy clubs tend to homogenize the acts a little bit, because they force them to be palatable in way too many environments.

  Bo Burnham

  Thinking, Clubs, Littles

  "In 'Egghead,' A New Shel: Burnham Takes On Silverstein". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. October 7, 2013.

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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.

  Bo Burnham

  Comedian, Watches, Comedy

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• I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.

  Bo Burnham

  College, Comedy, Going To College

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• I misdirect the audience, so they have no idea where they are or who they're listening to.

  Bo Burnham

  Ideas, Listening, Audience

  "Bo Burnham: 'I'm honest - for two minutes'" by Brian Logan, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2010.

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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.

  Bo Burnham

  People, Facts, Comedy

  Source: www.craveonline.com

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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.

  Bo Burnham

  Thinking, Want, Speak

  Source: thelatest.co.uk

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• 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 Burnham

  People, Comedian, Fans

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